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Sponsor of Florida Bill That Blocks Gender, Sexuality Lessons in Early Grades, Responds to Misinformation Campaign

Sponsor of Florida Bill That Blocks Gender, Sexuality Lessons in Early Grades, Responds to Misinformation Campaign
Rep. Joe Harding speaks on the floor of the Florida House of Representatives in this undated photo. Courtesy of Joe Harding's office
Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
3/18/2022|Updated: 3/18/2022

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Attorney Jeff Childers fumed as he read media banter and Twitter feed fury about what has come to be called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

It’s a misleading moniker, and deliberately so, aimed at sparking political outrage based on a lie, he and others told The Epoch Times.

Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
Nanette Holt is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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