HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoRepublican lawmakers want to stop businesses in a small Florida town from displaying rainbow stickers to show they are a safe place for LGBTQ+ peoplewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down121
arrow-up1988arrow-down1external-linkRepublican lawmakers want to stop businesses in a small Florida town from displaying rainbow stickers to show they are a safe place for LGBTQ+ peoplewww.businessinsider.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoIt’s got to be something to do with “political” slogans in retail spaces. But how that doesn’t straight up violate the first amendment I don’t know…
minus-squareDarthBueller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoThe lawmakers that wrote the businesses a letter are essentially extorting them. “We’ll fuck you with you like we did Disney but you’re too small to fight back so your town will die under the punitive regulatory smack down we will rain down on you”
It’s got to be something to do with “political” slogans in retail spaces. But how that doesn’t straight up violate the first amendment I don’t know…
The lawmakers that wrote the businesses a letter are essentially extorting them. “We’ll fuck you with you like we did Disney but you’re too small to fight back so your town will die under the punitive regulatory smack down we will rain down on you”