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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Florida state congressman introduces bill to ban Pride flags from campuses

A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive as people participate in the Miami Beach Pride Festival on 19 September 2021.
A huge multi-colored flag flies over Ocean Drive as people participate in the Miami Beach Pride Festival on 19 September 2021. Photograph: Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images

A Florida state congressman, convinced students in the state are being “subliminally indoctrinated with critical race theory, Marxism and transgender ideology”, has introduced a law that seeks to ban Pride flags from school and college campuses.

The Miami Republican David Borrero, an extremist who is simultaneously pushing a bill that would in effect ban all abortions in the state, also believes students are being “radicalized and evangelized” in Florida’s classrooms.

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