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A Florida state senator is pushing for new legislation that would increase tax breaks for the movie industry but deny the same incentives to films featuring gay characters.
Current Florida law grants tax credits on productions considered "family friendly" -- films that omit smoking, sex, nudity or profane language,
But in a bid to attract more movie production to Florida, Republican Rep. Stephen Precourt of Orlando is pushing a bill that would increase the credit and expand the field of disqualified productions as those that include any "exhibit or implied act" of nontraditional family values and gratuitous violence, the Palm Beach Post reported Tuesday.
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."
The move has been roundly criticized by opponents, like Ted Howard, executive director for Florida Together, who is quoted by the newspaper saying, "Instituting 1950s-style movie censorship does nothing to support real-life families or help Florida's struggling economy."
The bill has to go through several committees before it reaches the House floor, the Miami New Times reported.
foxnews.com