Disney World Defies Ron DeSantis by Hosting Gay Rights Summit in Florida

He's not much of a reliable authority on anything.

But if you're looking to dismantle all the modern offshoots of his work, ya have to discuss what he said.

 

A lot of gay people are raising children.

Except not:

https://www.tampabay.com/news/flori...rag-show-lewd-liquor-license-complaint-lgbtq/

"But while agents took photos of three minors — who appeared to be accompanied by adults — at the Orlando drag show, they acknowledged that nothing indecent had happened on stage, according to an incident report obtained exclusively by the Miami Herald.

“Besides some of the outfits being provocative (bikinis and short shorts), agents did not witness any lewd acts such as exposure of genital organs,” the brief report stated. “The performers did not have any physical contact while performing to the rhythm of the music with any patrons.”

Even the agents of the Florida Securitat reported back to the Florida Secretariat that this was all a nothing burger but they still wanted to revoke the liquor license and threaten innocent people's paying work.

How unamerican is that?

Except that's all in your head.

Yea, they might learn to fight back even harder. I hope they do.

Leftist woke corporate types

Has it occurred to you that, if they are "woke" it might have something to do with their bottom line?

 

Well what's this about then? Why would Disney hosting a gay event be a "in his face" otherwise? Has he tried to shutdown any private gay events?

 

Google bro, google.

 

Which has nothing to do with anything

You don't have to expose genital organs to be lewd.

Children are not allowed at these venues. Accompanied children are not allowed at these venues.
Break the law, lose your license.

Me too. Watching them run out of money for something so stupid is entertaining.

You mean like cutting your stock value in half and losing your Reddy Creek exemption costing millions in annual taxes?
Is that how you improve your bottom line among the woke these days?

 

Except that, during the pandemic all media companies' (especially those with a streaming arm like Disney+) went through the roof. People had nothing else to do except stay at home and consume media. Lord knows, I would have watched a Netflix documentary on the sex life of snails if they'd made one.

Since the end of the pandemic there has been a worldwide generalized economic slowdown and media stock prices have been disproportionately hit. Netlix's stock dropped as much as 60% in 2022.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/10/14/why-netflix-is-down-60-this-year/

"As fears of a recession and the cost of living continue to rise, stocks across multiple industries have sunk in value throughout 2022. Netflix (NFLX 9.01%) has been one of the hardest hit, with its share price plummeting 60% since January."

I'm pretty sure it has zero to do with being "woke" and more to do with people being sick of staying at home watching TV.

 

Sorry, didn't work that way.
Disney is the WORST-PERFORMING stocks in 2022 as they were stripped of its special privileges in Florida: Stocks tumble 31% from a year ago

• After opening at $125.50 per share in April of 2022, Disney closed at $121.66, continuing its decline over the last year
• In March 2021, Disney's stock was trading at nearly $200 per share but when the markets closed in April 2022 the stock was trading at $121 per share, down 33%
• Disney's free fall comes in the midst of its war with DeSantis-which started when its bosses opposed the so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill
• The Florida House voted 68-38 to end the Reedy Creek Improvement District
• The newly-passed bill rips up the 55-year-old deal that allowed Disney to regulate land, enforce building codes and treat wastewater causing its long time stock owners to dump their shares and run.

 

Of course it does.

The governor's own Securitat reported back to his Secretariat that the show could not be considered to be lewd.

Where does it say that? Why didn't the the Securitat arrest those accompanying the children if that was the case?

All media stocks are down post pandemic. Nothing to do with so called being "woke".

Previously addressed.

An act of vengeance by a fascistic autocrat.

If I was Disney I'd just up sticks and move out of Florida but if you need a high sunny weather Quotient to be an international tourist attraction and a non-fascistic governance, where else can you go? They already have Disneyland in Anaheim so the choices are pretty limited.

 

As stated, all media stocks are down. The Reedy Creek debacle may have had an impact but that's purely the tax based financial implication of DeSantis' autocratic intervention. If it gets too bad, I'm pretty sure Disney will just close out of Florida which will be a sad day for the many thousands of non-transportable workers stuck there without a job.

 

How does gay couples having kids have anything to do with a Miami hotel losing their license. lol

The complaint says the state warned the hotel ahead of the Dec. 27 performance to stop children from attending, but the hotel only made it a recommendation and allowed minors who went with adults, the complaint says. It also alleged that performers simulated sex acts and exposed “prosthetic female breasts.”

The state’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed an administrative complaint earlier this week against the Hyatt Regency Miami for hosting the Christmas-themed show. It alleged that the performance was “sexually explicit” and that children were present for the “lewd, vulgar and indecent” display.

The Hyatt Regency Miami said the programming and ticketing at the venue were managed by a third party and the hotel’s role was to serve food and beverages. They never disagreed with the lewd performers simulated sex acts.

The complaint cites a 1947 state Supreme Court case that found “men impersonating women” constitutes a public nuisance. It also argues that the hotel exposed children to “simulated sexual activity, and lewd, vulgar, and indecent displays.”

“The nature of the Show’s performance, particularly when conducted in the presence of young children, corrupts the public morals and outrages the sense of public decency,” the complaint said.

Not by half. Try again

Supported by a majority of Democrat voters.
Go figure

 

Other media being down has NOTHING to do with the stock bailout by long term Disney stock owners.
Coupled with the lose of their Reddy Creak exemption.
NOTHING

But I find it hilarious you call Florida fascist yet you think some theme park who tries to strong arm a states legislation by tying their decisions up in courts with millions of dollars so teachers can expose 5 year olds to trans and gay sexuality issues are some kind of heros.

Good thing your type of thinking is in the extreme minority.

 

A couple of points because I'm in a hurry.

Netflix stocks dropped by more that 60%, more than half in 2022. Media is fickle and the industry is having a hard time of it across the board as tastes and delivery methods are changing.

Florida is citing a 1947 law that men impersonating women constitutes a public nuisance and you're OK with that and people losing their livelihoods because of it?

I guess we don't have much in common then.

And yes a complaint was filed. So what if the state warned the hotel about children attending the event. Maybe the hotel saw no legal basis for the warning? Maybe they thought nobody would have the gall to enforce a 1947 law in 2022! Regardless, having investigated the complaint the states own investigators concluded that the event was not indecent in any way which would warrant action against the performers or the venue yet they did it anyway. It's early days but the more people learn about this (as I'm doing) the more there will be a backlash. I've seen this before and the pattern always repeats once the word gets out what's going on.

 

Who cares? Free country. They can lease rooms to whomever. You're attempting to make a mountain out of a molehill. This is a yawner.

 

Yeah. A Disney production got 1.5 million dislikes just because a mermaid, a freaking fictional character, gets played by a black person.
That's white far right wing cancel culture who uses "woke" as a code word to discriminate around.

We don't need China as a foe with such a friendly population.
We'd be digging our own graves and save them the trouble.

 

It pretty much defines 'corruption' when you use the authority of your office to go after you disagree with politically. As you say, they sent undercover agents to the show, and they did not see what DeSantis claims was happening there. The problem is people believe him without question, as can be seen in RW MSM, other politicians and regular people (including posters right here)

The event was not held at the hotel, but at a 3rd party location.

Yes, this event is not organized by Disney, but another group who simply chose to host it at a Disney resort.

 

Perhaps you two hadn't heard? Both the State and the DOJ has dropped the investigation into Gaetz. The State dropped the investigation in Sept 2022, the DOJ in Feb 2023.

LINK: Matt Gaetz sex trafficking probe: Prosecutors recommend against charges (cnbc.com)
LINK: Matt Gaetz: DOJ officially decides not to charge Florida congressman in sex-trafficking probe - CNNPolitics

The only ones that refer to it anymore are partisans who don't care about facts and just want to smear the opposing side, and ill informed people.

 

He said alleged... we're covered... legally...

 

Sad.

 

Parents need to keep a close eye on their children when this circus takes place.

 

Yes, they are.
Gay couple charged with molesting their adopted sons also pimped them out to pedophile ring
https://nypost.com/2023/01/20/couple-pimped-their-adopted-sons-out-to-pedophile-ring-report/
A gay couple from Georgia charged with molesting their two adopted sons and using them to record child porn also allegedly pimped them out to members of a local pedophile ring, according to a disturbing new report.

A months-long investigation by Townhall revealed that William Dale Zulock, 33, and Zachary Jacoby Zulock, 35, allegedly used social media to prostitute their two elementary-aged sons.

William Zulock, a government worker, and Zachary Zulock, a banker, were indicted in August 2022 on charges of incest, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, felony sexual exploitation of children and felony prostitution of a minor.

It was revealed that the two gay men allegedly pimped out their older sons, now 11 and 9 years old, to other gay men.

 

Homosexuality is not indicative of or related to pedophilia.

 

Yes one, do you know how many straight couples have done the same thing?

Do you even care?

 

Pedophilia more common among homosexuals
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/report-pedophilia-more-common-among-homosexuals/

 

Hey, an opinion piece by a Christian group.

 

You should try this thing called Google on the internet.
Then you might not post claims you have idea about.