Disney calls for the repeal of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law it helped fund
In response to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing HB 1557 — the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — into law on Monday, Disney issued its most direct critical response to the legislation yet — the latest development in the company’s recent history of apologetically backtracking after its own financial contributions to the bill’s architects first came to light.
Despite its role in the bill’s path to DeSantis’ desk, Disney said in a press release that its “goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that.”
Though Disney’s one of the largest employers in the state of Florida, where tens of thousands of...