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That's their religion, "hypocrisy and skin color!"
Federal judge tosses challenge to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law
To advance the suit, the judge determined, theplaintiffs needed to show that they were directly harmedbecause of the new law and to prove that a ruling from the court could address it, which they failed to do.
By Ben Whedon
Updated: February 16, 2023 - 5:11pm
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a challenge to a Florida law that restricts the discussion of sexuality and gender identity with younger students, and that critics have maligned as an anti-LGBT "Don't Say Gay" law.
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor determined that the group of Florida students, parents and teachers who brought the challenge failed to prove that they had standing to bring the case to the federal bench.
"Plaintiffs have shown a strident disagreement with the new law, and they have alleged facts to show its very existence causes them deep hurt and disappointment," he said, according to the Miami Herald. "But to invoke a federal court's jurisdiction, they must allege more."
Winsor previously dismissed an earlier version of the same case in September 2022, CBS News and the Associated Press reported. The judge observed that the plaintiffs' claims of harm derived from the law's mere existence instead of its enforcement.
To advance the suit, the judge determined, the plaintiffs needed to show that they were directly harmed because of the new law and to prove that a ruling from the court could address it, which they failed to do.
Formally known as the Parental Rights in Education law, the Florida legislature enacted the legislation last year as part of a broader, ongoing effort by the state to remove political and social indoctrination from public schools.
Specifically, the law states that "[c]lassroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in Kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
A Public Opinion Strategies poll conducted in March of last year indicated that 61% of respondents supported the measure after reading it.
(Why isn't the opposition 99%)
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/federal-judge-tosses-challenge-floridas-dont-say-gay-law
Republican lawmakers move to ban some transgender individuals from military
"The military has strict standards for who can and cannot qualify to serve. For example, under President Biden, you can't serve with a peanut allergy."
By Ben Whedon
Updated: February 16, 2023 - 4:42pm
Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are backing legislation to ban certain transgender individuals from military service over mental and physical fitness concerns.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday introduced the Ensuring Military Readiness Act to disqualify transgender-identifying individuals, those with a history of gender dysphoria, and those who have had a gender reassignment surgery from serving in the Armed Forces.
The measure makes exceptions for those who have been "stable in their biological sex" for three years prior to joining up, do not exhibit mental health issues, andare eligible for deployment under the standards of their biological sex. It further allows an exception for existing service members who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and guarantees their rights to medical treatments except for gender transitions.
"The military has strict standards for who can and cannot qualify to serve.
For example, under President Biden, you can't serve with a peanut allergy," Rubio noted in a statement on the plan. "Biden has turned our military into a woke social experiment. It is a stupid way to go about protecting our nation.
We need to spend more time thinking about how to counter threats like China, Russia, and North Korea and less time thinking about pronouns."
Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks plans to introduce the companion bill in the lower chamber. Banks highlighted other restrictions on military service for individuals with different mental health complications when asserting that the permissive policy for transgender individuals of the Biden administration was politically motivated.
"Americans who were treated for ADHD in the past two years must receive a waiver to enlist. Our military holds recruits to stringent medical standards for a reason and the Biden administration's special carveout for those suffering from gender dysphoria was purely political," he said. "Our bill ensures that DoD puts lethality and readiness before far-left ideology."
The lawmakers observe that the legislation builds upon prior directives from former President Donald Trump that the Biden administration repealed.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/republican-lawmakers-move-ban-some-transgender-individuals-military
Georgia congressman says gov't using AI to censor Americans 'nefarious'
'It's concerning the way that these three letter agencies in our federal government have been moving to censor the speech of the American citizen,' said Rep. Clyde
By Charlotte Hazard
Updated: February 16, 2023 - 5:46pm
GOP Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde says the apparent trend of government increasingly using artificial intelligence to censor Americans is "nefarious."
"It's concerning the way that these three letter agencies in our federal government have been moving to censor the speech of the American citizen and our First Amendment rights," Clyde said on the John Solomon Reports podcast, referring to such federal agencies as the CIA and FBI. "That's incredibly nefarious."
Rep Clyde: ELON Act aims to end collusion, after recent revelation FBI ‘paid Twitter $3.4 million’ from Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2021Rep Clyde: ELON Act aims to end collusion, after recent revelation FBI ‘paid Twitter $3.4 million’ from Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2021
Clyde's comment was part of broader conversation with Solomon about whether Big Tech and the federal government are working together to create algorithms through artificial intelligence that can censor Americans on social media and other platforms with no human intervention.
The concern is that government could administer censorship but have no fingerprints on it.
"When the government can put their foot down on what you and I can say, what you can say on this radio program, or what some of the conservative outlets that have had their voice silenced through social media, then we truly have moved into the socialist and communist realm of government," Clyde said.
Clyde has recent co-sponsored legislation titled the "Elon Act," which aims to hold Big Tech accountable for working with the federal government for violate peoples' First Amendment rights.
"Just the FBI alone paid Twitter $3.4 million between October 2019 And February 2021," Clyde said. "What they're doing is what the government cannot do directly, which is they are doing government by proxy or censorship by proxy-I should say. This is 100% a violation of the Constitution."
He also said the Elon Act "puts a big, one-year moratorium on any payments from the FBI to Big Tech."
"And it exposes the collusion between Big Tech and the Department of Justice," Clyde continued.
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/georgia-rep-says-its-nefarious-way-ai-may-be-used-gov-future-conduct-censorship
It's going to be the blame game, but none of them called in the EPA. Its everyone's fault that was involved. How stupid are they?