HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square125fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down122
arrow-up1998arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareFourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-21 year 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”