A city in Florida has said it was forced to cancel its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to anti-diversity laws.
The city of Delray Beach has also cancelled its Pride event in 2027 due to a state law signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits local governments from promoting or funding diversity initiatives.
The city said in a statement that restrictions under the law “include certain programming and activities designed or implemented with reference to ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”
I hope the people of Delray Beach people parade even harder, with a detour to the townhall with a thousand leprechauns then synchronously wiggling their naked arses in the direction of the mayor’s office.
The “concern” is that the law prohibits the government from promoting diversity-oriented events, not that it prohibits them from happening independent of the government.
I know–I’m no fun. I do appreciate that this is almost certainly malicious compliance.