An Orlando-based Christian attorney is glad to see that lawmakers in Florida are considering clipping the Magic Kingdom’s wings over its pernicious misinformation campaign surrounding the state’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill.
Disney World opened its doors in 1971 when the area around Orlando was nothing but alligator-infested swamp land. In order to entice the Magic Kingdom to settle in the area, Florida acted under a special piece of state legislation and gave Disney – and its expansive resort complex in Orange County – a lot of autonomy. Mat Staver of the Florida-based Liberty Counsel explains that under the state’s 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, Disney can act pretty much on its own – and however it wants.
“They’re treated like a quasi-governmental entity. They’re essentially their own governmental entity, with their own district, their own water district, their own taxing district. They had their own police force as well,” he tells AFN.
In addition, Disney does its own zoning and planning, processes its own trash, and can issue its own bonds for roads and other infrastructure.
Disney is now boasting its own left-leaning politics as well, as a minority of homosexual and allied Disney employees are promising to work against Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” legislation, a new law that protects young children from being sexually groomed in public school classrooms. Some Florida legislators – in response to Disney’s open opposition to the new law – have floated the idea of repealing the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.
“If Disney wants to embrace woke ideology, it seems fitting that they should be regulated by Orange County,” tweeted Florida State Representative Spencer Roach (R) on March 30, explaining that he and fellow legislators had met twice to discuss that repeal.
Staver backs that plan to strip the Magic Kingdom of its autonomy and other special privileges.
“Disney is trying to attract young families with young children – and yet they’re lobbying against a bill that actually is commonsense parental rights, protects children kindergarten through third grade, and gives parents the rights and say over their education,” says the Liberty Counsel founder. “If Disney wants to get into the lobbing business and go against the family values of Florida, then it ought to stop getting the special treatment that Florida has given Disney.”
Staver argues that not only is Disney hurting its own brand, it’s starting to hurt Florida’s as well.
“… They’ve gone so far liberal and left that they’re out of sync with the values of Floridians and, frankly, [with] all the people around the world who come and visit Disney,” he concludes.
Following Representative Roach’s tweet, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis commented that, in his estimation, Disney has “lost a lot of the pull” it used to have – and that it’s time to take a closer look at the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.
“I would say any special privileges that are in law I would like to get rid of generally,” DeSantis said during a press conference on Thursday. “I think in this particular case with Disney, I just don’t think you have very many people in the legislature anymore who are going to be able to defend a lot of what has been done over many years to really have them almost govern themselves in some of these things. That was probably never appropriate to start, but is certainly not appropriate now at this point.”
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Copyright American Family News. Reprinted with permission.
When Disney corporation fights to have sexual perversions indoctrinated and taught in kindergarten and through the 3rd grade. This demonstrates that Disney corporation is led by Woke Pedophiles and I will not support, buy anything or participate in anything sponsored by the sexually perverted Disney Corporation.
Luke 17:1-2
1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. 2 It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Why should schools get involved with the concept of gender fluidity, ever? This only extends upward to the 3rd grade? Isn’t there enough math, science, geography, reading, history, to fill the entire school day through grade school? If we focused on that, we might get back to the top of educated countries in the world, based on standardized tests. It’s the parents job to give instruction on sexual issues, and it should be left that way. We shouldn’t even need a law to prevent this stuff in school, we should demand that that the school curriculum be approved by the majority of parents, not some out-of-touch woke government “Education” Department, or the teacher’s union leadership.
IT should be enough.. BUT SCHOOLS these days, seem to focus more ON WOKENESS than the three R’s..
Take away all the benies bestowed upon Disney and if families stop spending their vacation dollars there in protest, they might start to rethink their
wokeness. I’m done with ALL things Disney – not another penny from my pocket will go there. Stay in your own lane and out of politics!
One easy thing to do, is CUT THEIR POWER.. Sure they have their own water and such, but DO THEY HAVE POWER??
Disney should not only lose their sovereign rule but their theme park should be bulldozed to the ground.
I believe parents will prevail and disney will soon become just anothe landmark covered by swamp land and gators will rule again.