Rick Scott

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  Florida’s plan for bullied LGBTQ kids? Send them to Christian schools.

  A Florida program could send bullying victims to private schools with specific policies that discriminate against LGBTQ youth.

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  Two years after the Pulse massacre, where is Rick Scott on LGBTQ rights?

  Scott's silence on LGBTQ rights speaks louder than his symbolic gestures.

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  The two years after the Pulse shooting have shown that queer lives don’t matter

  Nothing happened in the 612 days that followed the Pulse shooting. Less than a month after the Parkland shooting, though, even Republicans cared about gun violence.

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  Orlando mayor offers non-apology for omitting LGBTQs from Pulse memorial

  Nearly one year later, LGBTQ victims and survivors of the Pulse massacre are being erased by politicians from local mayors all the way up to the governor.

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  Florida Gov. Rick Scott: marriage equality is ‘the law of the land’

  "The Supreme Court has already made a decision," the Republican governor told Fox News.

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  Orlando’s gay commissioner: GOP ‘loaded those bullets with hatred’

  City commissioner Patty Sheehan calls out the shallow support of Governor Rick Scott and Senator Marco Rubio.

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  After Orlando: A tale of two Floridas

  Florida's Key West is one of the most gay-friendly places in the country. The Florida Panhandle (many locals call it the Redneck Riviera) is a different story.

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  Florida gov. Rick Scott chased out Starbucks by furious woman: ‘You’re an a**hole!’

  All he wanted was a cup of coffee. What he got was a thorough lip-lashing.

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  Florida has new laws on same-sex marriage and a Confederate statue

  Governor Rick Scott signed into law language that specifies clergy don't have to marry same-sex couples — a right many said is already protected under state law and the U.S. Constitution.

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  Gay adoption ban stricken from Florida laws after four decades

  Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Thursday that removes the language from Florida's statutes - though the ban hasn't been enforced for the past five years.

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