This part I'd have to disagree with. Sex ed should be discussed at and around the time of puberty (just my opinion).

- Your voice is going to be squeaky and eventually get deeper.
- You'll start growing hair in places that hair never grew before.
- There's going to be some hormones that trigger lots of different things, both physically and emotionally.
- This is how babies are made.
- Etc...

But again, it should be at the parent's discretion to determine if they want their kids to be taught this within the school or at home. I'm not saying cancel all Sex Ed in the schools. It should be a topic addressed within the schools at the appropriate time (I would say not before 6th grade) and the parents should have the final veto if they want thier kids to be exposed to or not within the school.

The parents can have "that talk" with their kids and the varying topics of sex ed whenever they deem it appropriate. Maybe earlier, maybe later but it should ultimately be the parents who make the call on when and what not the schools, not the government, not the teachers... THE PARENTS.

BuckyB93 wrote:

I was taught by a 16 yr old girl named Tonda when I was 14... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

So I found this in a Forbes article. Orange county will have to pick up 163 million of annual expenses and 1 billion of debt when Disney is no longer a special district. This will cause property taxes in Orange county to increase 20 to 25 percent.

With some additional digging at various sites Disney World provides a significant amount of operating income to Disney.

Disney has became sexual minority friendly. I cannot remember all of the letters or I would have used the acronym.

DeSantis has increased Disney's operating income. They should thank him. He has done it at the horrific expense of Orange county property owners.

So Ray's absolute support of DeSantis and the Florida Republican controlled legislature is interesting. Why does he support big buisness and greater government control of the populous that damages the populous? Way to go Florida state government, you made more money for Disney at the expense of Floridians.

To everyone here who is a property owner in Orange county, I commend you. Your religious/moral/ethical compass is so strong that it overrides all consideration of your financial destruction. Actually I commend everyone who supports this bill, your heart is in the right place. So what if Orange county Florida property owners go bankrupt, your vision is clear and you determination is absolute. Your religion/morality/ethics are well placed.

Speyside2 wrote:

The core of the problems with Disney and Florida is the American addiction to corporatism. This is the use of government power for the benefit of the government’s patrons. Stated differently, it is a symbiotic relationship between the government and a private business that gives government officials corporate largesse and the private business a near monopoly. It is capturing the power of the state to increase private wealth at the expense of others.

Corporatism is immoral because it bribes the state to give government power to a patron. It is economically counterproductive because it stifles competition. It is unconstitutional because it violates equal protection and, in the Florida dispute with Disney, free speech.

In the 1960s, when Walt Disney came upon 25,000 acres of land outside Orlando, Florida, for his theme park, he crafted a deal with the state that gave his company extraordinary control over the land in return for building the park. For Florida, it was a win in terms of tourism dollars and employment opportunities. For Disney, it was a win in terms of relief from local regulatory constraints and certain state and local taxes.

Last week, after much public dispute between Disney personnel and Florida officials over a new Florida statute prohibiting government schoolteachers from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds, Florida enacted legislation abrogating the contract between itself and Disney. It appears that the abrogating legislation was in retaliation for Disney’s public opposition to the school curriculum legislation.

Can the government constitutionally favor one business over others that are similarly situated by granting relief from legal obligations to the one and not to the others? Can the government constitutionally punish a corporation for the exercise of free speech by its officers and employees? The short answer to both questions is: No.

More...

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/04/andrew-p-napolitano/the-problems-with-disney-and-florida/ 

HOW DARE YOU HD! Have you lowered yourself to building STRAWMEN like Frank and B-G-Z, wherever he may be? 🤐

RayR wrote:

So I found this in a Forbes article. Orange county will have to pick up 163 million of annual expenses and 1 billion of debt when Disney is no longer a special district. This will cause property taxes in Orange county to increase 20 to 25

Speyside2 wrote:

I agree with Rfenst….if my property taxes were going to go up by 20-25% I would absolutely let the teachers turn your kid into a transsexual in kindergarten to head that tax increase off.

HockeyDad wrote:

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden hosted the National and State Teachers of the Year event at the White House.

His remarks turned political, to the surprise of no one; education and parental freedom in public schooling are hot-button issues right now, and the president said it was high time for this to end.

“American teachers have dedicated their lives to teaching our children and lifting them up. We got to stop making them the target of the culture wars,” Biden said, according to a White House transcript. “That’s where this is going.”

(The Western Journal has documented, however, how it’s the left that’s been stoking the culture wars in the classroom — and conservatives are merely trying to stop their children from being indoctrinated.

More...

https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-teachers-kids-classroom/ 

So I found this in a Forbes article. Orange county will have to pick up 163 million of annual expenses and 1 billion of debt when Disney is no longer a special district. This will cause property taxes in Orange county to increase 20 to 25 percent.

Speyside2 wrote: