“Graduates at the New College of Florida will hold an alternative commencement ceremony Thursday evening in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ conservative takeover of the college.
The alternative ceremony will be a private event, students say, held at an undisclosed location in Sarasota, where the school is based. The small liberal arts college has been known to offer a welcoming environment to LGBTQ students.
New College graduates told CNN they wanted a ceremony where they could have freedom of expression and feel celebrated without the influence of the college’s conservative leadership. Some also rejected the college’s decision to tap Dr. Scott Atlas, a former Covid-19 adviser to President Donald Trump, to deliver the keynote speech at the official graduation set for Friday.”
Among the many faults and failings of conservatives is the right’s failure to learn from history.
And history has long demonstrated that when classes of persons are subject to discrimination, oppression, bigotry, and hate – such as the Republican agenda hostile to gay and transgender Americans – those subject to discrimination and oppression resist, push back, and prevail.
The right’s war on gay and transgender Americans will ultimately fail.
The alternative ceremony will be a private event, students say, held at an undisclosed location in Sarasota, where the school is based. The small liberal arts college has been known to offer a welcoming environment to LGBTQ students.
New College graduates told CNN they wanted a ceremony where they could have freedom of expression and feel celebrated without the influence of the college’s conservative leadership. Some also rejected the college’s decision to tap Dr. Scott Atlas, a former Covid-19 adviser to President Donald Trump, to deliver the keynote speech at the official graduation set for Friday.”
Among the many faults and failings of conservatives is the right’s failure to learn from history.
And history has long demonstrated that when classes of persons are subject to discrimination, oppression, bigotry, and hate – such as the Republican agenda hostile to gay and transgender Americans – those subject to discrimination and oppression resist, push back, and prevail.
The right’s war on gay and transgender Americans will ultimately fail.
