Disney Says Striking Down ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Is Company’s ‘Goal’ After DeSantis Signs Bill

Disney promised Monday to support efforts to strike down Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act—known by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill—after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it into law, saying the law “should never” have been enacted after the company drew widespread criticism for not doing more to oppose it before the bill was passed.

Disney said in a statement that its “goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts” and the company is “committed to supporting” organizations working to achieve that.

HB 1557 “should never have passed and should never have been signed into law,” the company, whose Florida Walt Disney World resort is the country’s largest single-site employer, said.