DeSantis: No Pride Month Rainbow Lights On Bridges

The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports:

Bridges across Florida, including the Sunshine Skyway and Ringling Causeway, will not gleam in rainbow colors this June in celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Plans are in place to adorn Florida bridges in red, white and blue lighting between May 27 and Sept. 2 as a part of the 2024 Florida Freedom Summer effort.

The city of Sarasota, which is typically supportive of Pride Month lighting for the Ringling Bridge, despite controversy, said the city’s hands are tied. “The Ringling Causeway Bridge is maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation, which also controls the bridge lighting,” spokesman Luke Mocherman said.

The Tampa Bay Times reports:

June is right around the corner, which means it’s time to prepare for summertime truths. Hurricane season looms, science fiction-style bugs will scamper into the house and most of us will be captive inside a Target during at least one thunderstorm.

But please be aware of the biggest seasonal risk: Rapidly increasing temperatures will render a bunch of sensitive adults extra fussy, much like babies who have dropped their pacifiers but do not yet have the vocabulary to ask for help.

The thing that will really push these grown toddlers over the edge? Rainbows. Yes, rainbows. The resplendent Roy G. Biv himself will force a certain faction of unsettlingly large infants into a jumbo Pack ‘N Play reserved for sniveling wah-wah sadsie pants.

The far-right Catholic Vote celebrates:

The administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will light the state’s historic Sunshine Skyway Bridge in red, white, and blue throughout June – instead of the usual rainbow colors representing LGBTQ “Pride” Month.

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Jared W. Perdue announced on X that bridges throughout the state will soon be lit in patriotic colors.

“As Floridians prepare for Freedom Summer, Florida’s bridges will follow suit, illuminating in red, white, and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day!” Perdue wrote in a May 8 post. “Thanks to the leadership of [DeSantis], Florida continues to be the freest state in the nation.”

Of note, a writer for Catholic Vote was recently imprisoned for having made terror threats against LGBTQ groups.

As Floridians prepare for Freedom Summer, Florida’s bridges will follow suit, illuminating in red, white, and blue from Memorial Day through Labor Day!

Thanks to the leadership of @GovRonDeSantis, Florida continues to be the freest state in the nation. https://t.co/FG892hO5zE pic.twitter.com/SBvxzr4ACk

— Jared W. Perdue, P.E. (@FDOT_Secretary) May 8, 2024

Column: The big babies in #Florida are afraid of rainbow bridges now https://t.co/x4ZlNo3r4F via @stephhayes

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) May 14, 2024

Hey Tampa Bay Times, some of us are not gay and have gotten damn tired of this crap being shoved in our face.

Florida media laments as state bridges won’t shine rainbow-colored lights for Pride Month 2024 https://t.co/3svol1uSRV

— Merphis Ellis (@MerphisEllis) May 17, 2024

This is DeSantis Florida

Despite 90% of Floridians polled say climate change is both real and a threat to our state, DeSantis bans the words —

And banning the usual pride colors & other event colors on bridges so he can do red white and blue is the height of pettiness

Dick pic.twitter.com/wKK8i0VmFJ

— CathyNotToday2 (@Cathy2NotToday) May 17, 2024

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