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Goofy and Snow White Wail from the Cheap Seats “I Want My Citizens United”

Gayle Leslie
5 min readMay 5, 2023

Or The Mouse That Ate Ron DeSantis

“In 2010, the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Citizens United v. FEC, which struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting corporations and unions from making expenditures in connection with federal elections.”

So to summarize: In February of ’22 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis set forth an edict on high declaring that sexuality and gender cannot be discussed in Florida schools:

“…a Florida school district ‘may not encourage classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.’ The bill doesn’t specify how ‘age-appropriate’ and ‘developmentally appropriate’ would be defined.”

Disney World has been Florida’s 2nd largest employer for fifty years and unsurprisingly their workforce is largely LGBQT+ — or LGBQT+ friendly — so Goofy, Snow White and friends were having none of this. Nor were Disney’s longtime affiliates:

“The Human Rights Campaign will not accept this money from Disney until we see them build on their public commitment and work with LGBTQ+ advocates to ensure that dangerous proposals, like Florida’s Don’t Say Gay or Trans

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Gayle Leslie
Gayle Leslie

Written by Gayle Leslie

Author of “Dwelling in the Vast Divine.1 & .2" Political consultant, policy wonk. https://www.amazon.com/Dwelling-Vast-Divine-1-Serialized-Memoir/dp/1495477746

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