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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans on Tuesday advanced a proposal to
ban classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity through the
eighth grade, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.”

The bill, which was approved by a House subcommittee, still must clear another
committee before moving to the full House. A separate House subcommittee
approved a bill that would make it easier to sue journalists for defamation, a
priority for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who frequently criticizes what he
calls “legacy media.”

The education measure also would prohibit school staffers or students from being
required to refer to people by pronouns that don’t correspond to the person’s
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Florida came under intense national scrutiny last year over the so-called Don’t
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The bill also prevents schools from asking for a student’s preferred pronouns
and bars staff from giving their own preferred pronouns. Republicans on the
committee rejected an amendment to the bill that would allow a teacher to use a
student’s preferred pronoun if a parent gave formal permission.

“This bill is anti-freedom, anti-liberty. It’s not about parental rights, it’s
not about kids rights. it’s about scoring political points. It’s about power and
control,” said Democratic Rep. Angie Nixon.

Similarly, Democrats said the defamation bill would diminish media and speech
protections in the U.S. Constitution in what was described as an abuse of
government power.

The legislation sponsored by Republican Rep. Alex Andrade would, among other
things, declare statements made by an anonymous source to be presumptively false
as they relate to a defamation lawsuit unless a reporter reveals who the source
is. He said it doesn’t mean people can’t criticize politicians and others, but
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“I can’t sue anyone for defamation just because they called me a murderer
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policy,” Andrade said. “It’s just an egregious and silly and childish statement.
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A long list of speakers representing groups such as open-government watchdogs
the First Amendment Foundation and the Florida Press Association urged lawmakers
to vote down the defamation bill, saying it would have a chilling effect on the
media.

And Democratic Rep. Daryl Campbell accused Republicans of hypocrisy, saying they
usually seek to make it more difficult for people to sue private companies . He
also said the proposal would harm journalists’ abilities to do investigative
research.

“It incentivizes lawsuits in a Legislature whose goal up until now … has been to
decrease litigation,” said Democratic Rep. Daryl Campbell. “This is an abuse of
power and an infringement on freedom of free speech and free press, not to
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