Mon Jun 13, 2022 – 12:58 pm EDT
FORT MYERS BEACH, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says that his staff is looking into legislation that would bar children from attending drag shows in Florida. The statement followed conservative pushback against drag events aimed at children.
The comments were made during a press conference on Wednesday after a reporter asked DeSantis about the legislation. The legislation, introduced by State Republican Rep. Anthony Sabatini, followed a drag event for children in West Palm Beach.
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The governor hinted that Florida already has laws that protect children from being exposed to adult entertainment.
“We have child protective statutes on the books. We have laws against child endangerment,” DeSantis said. He added that his staff is looking into the legislation and cited recent legislation aimed at protecting children from sexual indoctrination.
“Part of the reason why we fought the fight with Parental Rights in Education is because there’s a movement to interject these things like gender ideology in elementary schools even, and my view is, our schools need to be teaching these kids to read and write and add and subtract and do the things that
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