Disney Sues DeSantis for Violating Its Free Speech Rights
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88xg93/disney-sues-desantis-for-violating-its-free-speech-rights
Disney has sued Ron DeSantis and various Florida state agencies, saying, among other things, that Florida’s retaliation over its statements against an anti LGBTQ+ law have violated the company’s First Amendment rights. Disney said that as a gigantic corporation “it is fortunate to have the resources to take a stand against the State’s retaliation—a stand smaller businesses and individuals might not be able to take when the State comes after them for expressing their own views. In America, the government cannot punish you for speaking your mind.”
“Disney regrets that it has come to this. But having exhausted efforts to seek a resolution, the Company is left with no choice but to file this lawsuit to protect its cast members, guests, and local development partners from a relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint unpopular with certain State officials,” the company’s lawyers wrote.