Joni Madison, the Human Rights Campaign’s [HRC]
interim president on Disney’s refusal to condemn ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ but offered a
$5 million donation to the group:
“The Human Rights Campaign will not accept this money from Disney
until we see them build on their public commitment and work with LGBTQ+
advocates to ensure that dangerous proposals, like Florida’s Don’t Say Gay
or Trans bill, don’t become dangerous laws, and if they do, to
work to get them off the books. Businesses have had and continue to have a
major impact in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, from marriage equality to the
defeat of House Bill 2 in North Carolina and beyond. While Disney took a
regrettable stance by choosing to stay silent amid political attacks against
LGBTQ+ families in Florida—including hardworking families employed by
Disney—today they took a step in the right direction. But it was merely the
first step. HRC encourages Disney, and all employers, to continue to fight for
their employees—many of whom bravely spoke out to say their CEO’s silence was
unacceptable—and the LGBTQ+ community by working with us and state and local
LGBTQ+ groups to ensure these dangerous anti-equality proposals that harm
LGBTQ+ families and kids have no place in Florida. Every student deserves
to be seen, and every student deserves an education that prepares them for
health and success—regardless of who they are. This should be the
beginning of Disney’s advocacy efforts rather than the end.”
Disney has been in hot water ever since it was revealed that
the company not only donated to the GOP sponsors of the bill and refused to
take a public stance against it. But, after public and employee outcry, at the
annual shareholders meeting this week, Disney CEO Bob Chapek declared for
the first time that Disney does not support the bill.
Now, come out publicly and say it, Bob, and stop donating to
homophobes and transphobes and bigots.
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It's sad that even relatively senior officials in Florida are unaware of the meaning of the word paedophile, which does not mean homosexual. Paedophiles are those who want/have sex with children. The two words are very different in meaning, not two different words meaning the same thing. Disliking/hating people who are LGTB is rightly called homophobia. Try using a dictionary to check the drivel you spout you unpleasant woman....mind you I expect it's part of the job description that have to be unpleasant to work for Death Santis.
ReplyDeleteI love the quotation from Leo Herrera!
ReplyDeleteLeo Herrera.....MIC DROP!🎤🎤🎤
ReplyDeleteYou would have thought that Disney, of all corporations, would have known by now how much money talks.
ReplyDeleteMy, Leo did wax poetic, didn't he? What a shame conservatives think he's speaking a foreign language.
Barr? dullard trying to make a buck off what we already know.
The problem with Grisham is she was getting paid and her son wasn't.
Florida is rapidly becoming a vast, conservative swamp.
(Leo Herrera)
ReplyDeletexoxo :-)
I dedicate my vase filled with sea glass to Leo Herrera.
ReplyDeleteDisney should know better. I believe that thereis a quote attributed to the late Elizabeth, the Queen Mother regarding a ban on gay household staff " We shall have to go self-service."
ReplyDeleteGovernor DeSantis is a very sick individual He's like Benito Mussolini reincarnated as a Miami wannabe gangster that somehow became governor
ReplyDelete"Don't say gay!"? Will we be allowed to use thew word "gay" in its former sense? As in, "I woke up one summer morning and felt very gay so gaily I skipped down to the river where ducks were playing gaily in the reeds. My friend Bert arrived at the riverside and he announced that he was feeling gay too! What a gay old time we had!"
ReplyDeleteBoycott Florida until the politics change. Maybe it will become like Texas, were you only go if you have to. I feel the about visiting Florida as I would about visiting Russia, no thank you I will spend my money someplace where I am welcome and equal.
ReplyDeleteHRC is still around/relevant? Was around when they first started. Didn't like them then and surely don't like them now. Now don't get me started on how Jonathan Capehart had the former president of HRC-Alphonso David- on his MSNBC show DURING his tribulations-if memory serves me correctly he was interviewed for two blocks-with the Cuomo mess AND then Jonathan had him on AFTER he was fired and pleading his case. Jonathan, I give you side-eye. I better cut back on the coffee this morning.
ReplyDeleteYay. HRC. Tell Disney to eat it! Cowards.
ReplyDeleteGrisham is complicit. I don't care to hear anything she has to say.
Barr... complicit. Hope his book ends up at the dollar store.
OAN - that is nuts. Crazytown. Looks like Fox News needs to up their cray cray.
Thanks for the feed, dear.