A Florida LGBTQ+ group has called off its gay pride parade this weekend, citing a change in the political climate due to a new bill penalizing those who expose children to “lewd” sexually orientated content that is expected to soon be signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis.
The Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast announced that its parade would not take place after having multiple conversations with Port St. Lucie officials, other events during Pridefest would be restricted to those 21 years old and older.
“As all of you know, the political climate that we are currently in has us all very concerned for our community. After multiple meetings with city officials, it is with a heavy heart that Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast has to announce that this weekend’s Pridefest will now be a 21 and older event,” the group wrote in a Wednesday post to its Facebook page, saying that it was sad and disheartened that it had to “cancel plans to bring back our beloved parade.”
(Image: Screengrab/Facebook)
The bill that the group is referring to, SB 1438 which is titled “Protection of Children” is a reaction to the ongoing exposure of children to lewd and lascivious content and conduct at events featuring the very special demographic amid increased awareness of the seduction of kids into the homosexual lifestyle at drag shows and drag queen story hours with one notable example being a Christmas-themed event billed as “A Drag Queen Christmas” that featured a skit with “Screwdolph the Red Nippled Reindeer” in which the lyrics for the beloved holiday classic song were subbed out with sexually degenerate filth,
The bill establishes strict penalties including “authorizing the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any public lodging establishment or public food service establishment if the establishment admits a child to an adult live performance.”
(Video: YouTube/WPBF)
“We hope that everyone understands that this is definitely not what we wanted at all and are working with the city to assure our safety as well as produce a positive event. We have held off as long as we could in making this announcement as we were hoping it would not have to be made,” the group said in its Facebook post.
Twitter reacted to the group’s sad announcement that the parade was called off, led by the Babylon Bee which once again summed it up perfectly.
Florida Pride Parade Canceled After DeSantis Tells Participants They Have To Keep Their Clothes On In Front Of Kids https://t.co/VH5cadbXq9 pic.twitter.com/O8FoYI6rQJ
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 21, 2023
Other reactions to the event’s cancelation.
Florida: Hey, you can have a parade, but you can’t do sex stuff in front of the kids.
The parade: pic.twitter.com/NKOortfSdn
— GayPatriot Imprisoned (@GayPatriot) April 22, 2023
This happened where I live, they said no nudity or sexual explicit props for the pride parade, the group organizers got mad and canceled it.
— Kimberly (@Kimberl56843016) April 22, 2023
Seriously, how is this law different than “ no kids allowed in a strip joint”.
Why are they so mad they can’t shake their junk in front of kids?— We are all Trolling (@WeGovernUSA) April 22, 2023
Years ago I went to a pride parade in SF and saw a dude being fisted on top of a bus.
— Esteban (@steveonomics) April 22, 2023
If/when being expressly forbidden from wearing your battery-powered drilldo codpiece in front of small children is your stated excuse for not being able to parade down any given city street: that’s what we call, in poker circles, a “tell.”
— Ward Bond “Two Words: ‘SHOWER TIME, ASHLEY!'” (@Bond11Ward) April 22, 2023
it’s like they’re yelling out loud that they want to groom children.
you’d think they would just decide to hold the parade, at least to prevent being viewed negatively like this.
— Terry (@terencespark) April 22, 2023
It’s almost as if they are all pedophiles.
— NSAFP (@NSAFPofficial) April 22, 2023
It’s a cult of pedos
— Gusano (@mistergusano) April 22, 2023
It’s such madness that this decision is controversial. How was anything but this even ever acceptable? Western culture is morally bleeding.
— (@Wolfsenior) April 21, 2023
LGB Community” Ok , we are fine with that ”
Trans Community ” Well F that then., might as well not even have one”.— Cap’n Conservative (@michael1980elco) April 22, 2023
Earlier this month, a Florida homosexual activist organization issued a travel warning for members of the LGBTQ+ community to protest the “extremist policies” of Governor DeSantis.
Florida LGBTQ+ group beclowns itself with silly travel warning to protest Sunshine State’s ‘extremist policies’https://t.co/f2GboTb9Ui
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) April 14, 2023
Port St. Lucie is located on the state’s Atlantic coast 113 miles north of Miamia and 125 miles southeast of Orlando, it is not yet known how the new law will affect other events as Pride Month will be celebrated in June.
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