Biden hits out at GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ agenda: ‘They’re going to storm Cinderella’s castle before this is over’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He referenced Florida Republicans’ attempts to dismantlethe Walt Disney Company’s governing structure for its sprawling theme park campus after the company opposed what critics have called a “Don’t Say Gay” law that prohibits classroom discussion of LGBT+ people, events and issues. They’re going to storm Cinderella’s castle before this is over.” In his remarks, the president pressed the urgency of several issues – protections for civil rights, voting rights, Social Security, healthcare – as part of Democrats’ critical midterm elections platform, as Republicans prepare to win control of Congress and deadlock Mr Biden’s agenda. We have to do it by more than a couple of votes, because it’s getting much too close.” The president also warned that a leaked draft opinion from the US Supreme Court signalling the end of constitutional protections for abortion, affirmed by the landmark ruling in 1973’s Roe v Wade, could embolden Republicans to “go after” marriage equality. “Mark my words: They’re going to go after the right of the – Supreme Court decision on the right of same-sex marriage.” He also suggested the court could hear challenges to Griswold v Connecticut, a 1965 ruling that established the right to use birth control as part of a ruling that established that marital privacy is protected against bans on contraceptives.