Dear Florida, THIS SUCKS!
This is so unbelievably effed up, it makes us ill.
Florida's Rep. Stephen Precourt is attempting to pass a bill that would prevent films or tv productions with homosexual content from receiving the tax breaks that others shooting in the sunshine state normally are provided with!
According to the source:
"… a new bill that increases tax incentives to lure television and movie production to Florida would deny those tax breaks to films that feature gay characters. And unlike the ultraconservative Republican politician in The Birdcage, it doesn't seem the bill's sponsor, Rep. Stephen Precourt, will have a change of heart anytime soon.
Current laws prevent tax breaks for films that feature smoking, sex, nudity, or profane language. The proposed changes make Florida guidelines seem even more like the Hays Code that censored Hollywood from the the '30s to the '60s. Thankfully, Precourt hasn't borrowed more ideas from that censorship office and written in language that would also disallow interracial relationships, suggestive dancing, and 'lustful kisses.'"
Precourt says he's not targeting the gay community but that shows with gay characters would not be something he'd want 'to invest public dollars in.'"
How is that NOT targeting the gay community?? That's like saying they won't invest in productions featuring red-heads - but don't worry, they're not being singled out!!
Luckily, the bill has to go through various other committees if it were to be approved, and we'd like to think that someone with an ounce of sense will nix it before it gathers too much support.
So unbelievably disgusting.
Just a friendly reminder: IT'S 2010, PEOPLE!!
Tags: bigotry, film, florida, gay rights, production, representative, stephen precourt, tax break
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Florida can be so F'R'K'N' REDNECK AT TIMES. GAWD! Anita Bryant, anyone ?
Even Disney films would be suspect. I mean. Thumper has gotta be gay !
And 7 guys living all together, then getting a hag … ? ! (Snow White)
Ya right, isn't Fl the state of the republican Mark Foley who was screwing around with house pages in DC? Maybe this should apply to their Congressmen and Congresswomen as well. Hello ! ! !
Typical of America.
This is ridiculous. Sometimes it seems like this country takes one step forward and two steps back.
That's just ass-backwards. I'm moving to Australia
This is absolutely disgusting. They are basically making an analogous argument- you know drugs, profanity, violence, sex (is that bad???)– oh and the gays! because they all fit snugly in the same category of deviant and demoralizing behavior. Sigh. What an absolute dick. Seriously. Karma's a bitch and he'll soon realize this.
I mean…what century is this?!?! It seems we are becoming more and more regressive when it comes to the gay community and their INHERENT rights.
I wonder if Charlie Crist, the Governor will finally come out of the closet now.
Did you hear of Snow White's Wild Party ? ! She woke up feeling 'Dopey' !
This would pretty much eliminate Florida from consideration for most production companies, since so many people in the business are gay and they would steer the companies away from Florida. This is cutting off your nose to spite your face. When do this guy tumble out of the closet?
This has to be one of the stupidest thing I ever heard. He has his damn nerves to say "would not be something he'd want 'to invest public dollars in.'"
Well buddy the rest of us Americans may want to hell if Spartacus ever flim in Florida and the bill passes ur ass is MINE BUDDY (LMAO) that TV series is Oozing with GAY and Im Loving IT!!!!!!!!
Re: jenmadeline – My points exatly i couldn't of said it better
That will go over well in Dade and Broward county - he better stay up in Orlando. What a complete small-minded idiot. FL is the colostomy bag of the United States.
I'm ashamed to call this place my home…
That is absolutely ridiculous.
Right-wing wackoness gone wild….I think it's time we kicked all the Republicans AND all the Democrats OUT of Washington so we can actually get to work on some important issues…like jobs, health-care, and the war…HELLO WASHINGTON!
Yet another reason to despise the "sunshine state".
well usa isnt fir ugly ass holes
Way to go Florida, hopefully other states will follow suit, all male homo shit should be taken off TV I don't want my kids watching that, all of you cocksuckers need to die of AIDS
not only offensive, but stupid
the film and television industry can add millions to a state's bottom line.
and louisiana, which has better tax credits, can be made to look like Florida.
just sayin
(and i don't live in LA - but i do live in a state where our tax credits went away, there's been no work for my friends in the industry for over a year. and they're moving away…)
Homophobia and hatred in this country are getting out of control. This is scary.
In his defense, it should be noted that not every American supports the gay lifestyle, which is why he brings up not giving tax payer dollars to something the majority of people don't support. thats like the government funding abortion for whores that cheat on their husbands. The majority of Americans wouldn't agree with that, so thats why public funds don't go to it. Cut the guy some slack.
All he is saying is that the tax money of the good people of Florida will not be used to further the HOMO agenda in movies and TV which try to make it look like that agenda is normal instead of the sick, twisted, disgusting pile of crap that it is. How many times do you people have to be told that no one wants to see that perverted crap in movies / TV programs?? When will you finally get it that your "life style" is something no one cares about. I don't need to be told your queer, I can pretty much figure that out myself. If you want to shove your fist up another mans ass, great. KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. Way to go Florida!!!!!
Cannot wait until these idiots are going to understand…we are all gay!
Re: Hewhosmokeswomen – Re: Horndog – Hahahahah lol you guys should read a book some day you know? while a good deal of America does not approve of gay rights, they have a tendency to enjoy watching programming with a gay charector. Ever since the 90s programming has included gay charectors because they dont only attract the gay population but also the straights( not calling straights gays) but apperently the straights enjoy watching programming were something they consider provocative is showed….its true there is many research and books on this phenomenon of straights being interested in whats "gay" think about it people, one of the most watched shows in the early 21st century was queer eye for the straight guy everrybody was watching it….this is not only wrong but its stupid, florida just cut itself from a lot of money they could be making…dumb dumb shit
oh yeah while i do not approve that this was done to the gays i see a bigger problem here…WHY THE FUCK IS TV PROGRAMING GETTING TAX CUTS? in my personal oppinion nobody should get tax cuts on tv except the people trying to fundraise money period…seriously its not like tv executives dont have money, fuck this shit make this rule apply to everyone if it passes
It's not ALL of Florida! Miami Beach is very liberal! Just cause one idiot wants to live in the 19th century, doesn't mean ALL of Florida is that way! I do live in Florida, and yes the government has problems all the way to the white house and lord knows they have their hands full with all the cheating Senators going on right now! Hope this bill does get axed so the revenue from the movie industry is allowed for our failing unemployment situation.
Spindoc….love the Charlie Christ comment!!! haha…he so pretends not to be gay!
As a Florida resident, this is one of many reasons why this state sucks! Of course they want the money of the gay community to visit such places as Key West and Miami but forget trying to treat everyone as equal.
Homophobes “ SUCK…… Florida has nothing but a bunch of child molesting, killers anyways!!
that sucks i feel ashamed of being born & living here in FL
good go florida
the thing u homos keep refusing to accept is more than 51 % of the united states population doesnt like u doesnt like ur lifestyle and doesnt think u deserve all kinds of special consideration or even equal rights
It's another one of those Republican perverts trying to squash LGBT rights.
This country is based on the Bible and we all know what the stance on homosexuality is in there. Are you surprised? All the politicians are old Christian war veterans with grudges and religious roots. They may be corrupt and hypocritical at times, but that's what the country was founded on. Get used to it! It's 2010 but it's never, ever going to settle here. If you want to be a butt-fucking homo, move somewhere else because America doesn't want it.
Stephen Precourt,
I just read in an article that you are attempting to pass a bill that would prevent films or tv productions with homosexual content from receiving the tax breaks that others shooting in the sunshine state normally are provided with and i have to say that i am disgusted. Now, i am not gay but i have many gay friends and i love the gay community. I completely disagree with your attempt to alienate the gay community any further than it already is. Why should YOU decide what is and isn't viewed on television. Not everyone is a Christian and not everyone has the same beliefs and values as you do, so why should we only be able to watch shows that YOU feel are appropriate for viewing. You should be ashamed at your discrimination against the gay community. I hope your bill doesn't pass just for the sheer stupidity of it. What's next on your agenda? No tax breaks for shows featuring african americans? I hope you get the backlash you deserve for this.
yet another reason why i CANNOT wait to leave florida… lived here pretty much my whole life, and i have been itching to leave since i graduated high school… just 2 more years and im GONE!!
I am ashamed to even say I live in Florida.
Another example of republican christo/fascist evil-gelical big brother Taliban shit. This is the party that always says with a redneck twang about how much they are for less government. Republicans are a disgusting breed and that's the bottom line the more the gop loses the more people win.
Re: Hewhosmokeswomen – Your parents must be proud and you are a shining example of why abortions are sometimes needed .
Re: Beej – Stfu white trash bigoted ugly mofo. Gay people born here will soon enjoy all the civil rights afforded others. And if Florida passes this ugly piece of hateful republican propaganda there will be pressure to not film in Florida at all which will lead to less jobs and money for the overcast state. You are pretty ugly bro and hope you fckn die soon and thats what America wants.
Re: hcoboy – Providing tax cuts for filming in Florida is to get people to actually choose Florida as a filming location. By drawing the film industry to Florida it creates millions in revenue for the state as well as provides hundreds of much-needed jobs for Floridians through the duration of filming and also provides a boost to the state's tourism industry.
If a state doesn't have tax breaks like that, *no one* will film there since they could easily recreate the scenery of that specific state in a much cheaper location.
Having a film industry in a state provides a lot of benefits that far outweigh any negativity in the tax breaks.
Sounds like S. Precourt is related to C. Prejean. His proposed bill is discrimination, backward, and shameful.
He wants to put interracial relationships on there, too?
This man is a vile idiot.
Re: snickers13 – thank you, now i stand by my previous comment….than thats stupid if they are doing that shit to the filming….there is a good shit load of tv programs if not all with gay charectors( not many lesbians, america for some reason only finds them cool in porn but not interesting enough for a story line, they always end up being turned into an experimental kiss or something)….
i mean seriously disney channel has gay charectors, they dont call them that but lets be honest the effeminate ryan from high school musical and others, abc FAMILY belongs to disney and has gay charectors…who the fuck does not have gay charectors? even fox who is so conservative has gay charectors…NICE JOB FLORIDA amazing way to shoot yourself now all the money you get from the gays using fort lauderdale will be no more
Serious Florida, it IS 2010… Get out of the backwood, and grow up.
The twerp is lucjy gay people can't determine that they don't want their tax dollars toward paying his expenses. Driving a yugo might be right up his alley.
*SMH*
A portion of those "public dollars" comes FROM GAYS. Gays pay taxes too.
I have nothing against gays, but i agree with that bit me guy, no one wants to see them do their shiz. Just cause i am not agianst them doesnt mean i want to see them in their personal lives, keep it to yourself. If you really dont care about the media and wanna stand up for yourself, stop trying to shove it in everyones face.
I can´t believE, come on guys, we are in 2010!
Bold move. I applaud things like this because it's interesting to see that some people still have standards and take a stance when it's not the p.c. thing to do, and actually pretty unpopular.
Wake up homosexuals—just because you want to force people to accept the gay lifestyle, does NOT mean that people actually do. The more push there is…the more push-back you're gonna start getting. Here's the proof of that theory. Totally interesting!
Re: Bail Out – Well the fact that so many republican families are having to deal with gays in their own families like the Cheney's ,newt gingrich will make it less of a big deal in a couple of years. No one is shoving their life-style as you call it they are just fed up with the bigotry redneck. People are born gay and it shouldn't be a big deal but society is evolvin and even fucks like you will repent for your evil one day. Thanks for shoving your hetro life-style and hate on a gay man's blog. Maybe this venue isn't for a bigot like you c**t.
heh, wooooww… i mean, i live in Florida myself (and hate it), but never before have I heard anything THIS ridiculous…
A.C.L.U.
Film in Canada.
There goes the gay vote, and the friends of gays vote, and the parents of gays vote, and the siblings of gays…
this is baltant homophobia with discrimination thrown in…who the hell is this freak of nature and hoe did some asshole like him get elected….people like him need to commit hari kari, cause they are useless in life!
So the gays can pour hundreds of millions of dollars into Florida's economy in Miami and Orlando and Key West but you don't want their dollars being used to create jobs in a state that desperately needs it by allowing for the filming of movies with gay characters? Another reason why we should just open up the phone book, close our eyes, and point to someone and call them Senator. It'd be better than these fucking douchetards. What year is this? And I didn't realize they spelled Arkansass–Florida.