This film is rated TGFF - Too Gay for Florida

[marmar]

via AlterNet:



Agence France Presse

Shows with gays could lose Florida tax credit


Florida lawmakers are considering a "family friendly" bill that would deny tax credits to films and television shows with gay characters in favour of those promoting traditional values.

The proposal, which has fuelled a heated controversy for its discriminatory nature, would increase current tax credits from two to five percent of productions costs for shows considered "family friendly."

Those productions are defined as films or TV shows with a "cross-generational appeal" that includes a "responsible resolution of issues." Smoking, profanity, nudity and sex are also out, along with what the state's sex crime laws define as "obscene."

The little-known provision was slipped into a 75-million-dollar incentive package that Republican leaders who hold the majority in the state House of Representatives hope will bring more entertainment industry jobs to Florida. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/130570/shows_with_gays_could_lose_florida_tax_credit/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet_breaking_news

[xchrom]

1. TGFF! I want that for a t shirt. Nt

[valerief]

2. What an effed up state. nt

[HillbillyBob]

3. I m glad we got the hell out of the land of Floridiota

When the getting was good. Note to sane dems..leave while you can before it sinks into the Atlantic.
Drugs, crime, prostitution..and that is just the politicos...

I lived there for 19 yrs almost 20. Loved FtL for the first 15 or so years, but after the 4 beating/mugging/ job loss/homelessness.

Smoking, profanity, nudity and sex are why I WENT There!

[RKP5637]

4. And at one time I thought FL would be a nice place to live, quit that idea during

Bush-Holes reign. I have to thank him for that, prior I had never realized how F'ed up FL was...

[The Genealogist]

5. I recently left Florida...I found it a not good state to live in

The state is run by RWers who seem to be particularly obsessed in their homophobia. I heard and saw plenty while living there, but this particular deal with the films is just WAY out of the ballpark. Those incentives will unlikely have few takers. Hollywood loves profanity, nudity and sex. It seems that these are the very things that sell movies in America. I guess that will leave plenty for Sunday School film makers. :eyes:

[Swamp Rat]

6. That's taking bigotry to a whole different level: codifying it in a tax code.

Guess what Florida, you won't get any tax revenue from me.

[REP]

7. Hiaasen's novels are actually documentaries

I was about to join the "screw Florida" parade until I remembered the deep affection Hiaasen, Willeford and other of my favorite writers have (had, in Willeford's case - he's dead) for the state. I hope what they love about the state overcomes the evil that infests it.

[Cetacea]

8. Unlike the other states, Florida lived through six Bush administrations.

[Initech]

9. They consider this bill "family friendly"??? WTF is wrong with them?

Excuse me while I go :puke: .