California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general from blue states to oppose Florida’s so-called “Don’t say gay” law that bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The group filed an amicus—or friend-of-the-court—brief on Aug. 3 in a lawsuit against the Florida State Board of Education, claiming the law “seeks to erase the existence of LGBTQ+ communities from classrooms in the state by censoring or outright prohibiting discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.”
The coalition asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to allow the plaintiffs’ challenge to the law to move forward in the case….