All together, everyone: BOOOO, Republican Representative Stephen Precourt of Orlando!!!!
The Florida politician wants to push for new legislation that would provide tax credits for the film industry, but would also deny those same breaks for films that include any “exhibit or implied act” of nontraditional family values and gratuitous violence, reports the Palm Beach Post.
From Fox News:
Precourt said 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.”
“Think of it as like Mayberry,” Precourt reportedly told the newspaper, referring to The Andy Griffith Show. “That’s when I grew up — the ’60s. That’s what life was like. I want Florida to be known for making those kinds of movies: Disney movies for kids and all that stuff. Like it used to be, you know?”
Reality alert, Precourt: This isn’t the ’60s.
As would be expected, Precourt’s Fantasia legislation has been sharply criticized by opponents, most notably by Ted Howard, executive director for Florida Together, who told the Palm Beach Post, “Instituting 1950s-style movie censorship does nothing to support real-life families or help Florida’s struggling economy.”
Current Florida law gives tax breaks to productions considered “family friendly” – films that omit smoking, sex, nudity or profane language.

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1 EG // Mar 9, 2010 at 11:19 am
Oh, you mean Disney movies where the mothers die in forest fires and that sort of thing? That’s really “family friendly” isn’t it?
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