Sponsor of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Says Quiet Part Out Loud — Too Many [Damn] Gay Kids Nowadays; Herald Editorial Nails “reminiscing of a Grandpa”

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Just listen to the rhetorical gymnastics Republicans in the Florida Legislature have employed to defend what opponents call the“Don’t say gay” bill. We have nothing against LGBTQ kids, they argued. We’re just protecting parental rights, they said, trying — and failing — to defend themselves against charges that they are homophobic. But it took a debate on the Florida Senate floor on Monday for the true views of at least one of the politicians behind House Bill 1557 to emerge: There are just too many gay kids nowadays. That, apparently, is why bill sponsor Sen. Dennis Baxley, a Republican from …

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