Posts Tagged ‘Florida Gov Ron DeSantis’

Florida passes bathroom bill in latest wave of anti-trans legislation

Monday, May 8th, 2023

Florida’s legislature Wednesday passed a bill that bans transgender people from using many bathrooms and changing areas that match their gender identity, on penalty of criminal trespass charges. The bill is the in a spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation that state lawmakers have taken up. A few Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues in opposing House Bill Read more

Using migrants as political pawns ‘offends God’

Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
using migrants ‘offends God’

Several US Catholic bishops slammed the actions of Republican politicians who have recently begun to ship migrants seeking refuge out of their states, saying using them as political pawns “offends God”. The bishops said these politicians are falsely telling the migrants that work, food and other benefits await them if they get on planes to Read more