Focus On The Rainbow

….. a new bill that increases tax incentives to lure television and movie production to Florida would deny those tax breaks to films that feature gay characters.

Current laws prevent tax breaks for films that feature smoking, sex, nudity, or profane language. The proposed changes make Florida guidelines seem even more like the Hays Code that censored Hollywood from the the ’30s to the ’60s. Thankfully, Precourt hasn’t borrowed more ideas from that censorship office and written in language that would also disallow interracial relationships, suggestive dancing, and “lustful kisses.”

Besides not offering tax breaks to films that “exhibit or implied act” of nontraditional family values, films with gratuitous violence would also be left out.

In recent years, Florida has slipped from third in the country in terms of film production, only behind California and New York, to out of the top ten. Other states have aggressively offered more generous tax credits.

The bill, which also has a companion bill in the Senate, still has to go through various committees before it reaches the House floor. – Source – Miami New Times

Come make your movies here in Connecticut, heck you can get married at the same time.