The Florida squabble over what students should or shouldn't be taught about sexuality in the classroom continues to dominate headlines. Yes, its internal workings have become a part of the war, but it was Disney's weighing in against Florida's Parental Rights in Education law – dubbed 'Don't Say Gay' by opponents – that got Mickey all politicized.' 'Disney is now a major combatant in the nation's culture war. 'Thanks for ruining Disney World, public schooling,' the Cato Institute's Neal McCluskey wrote in April. Frankly, giving everybody such an easy exit from inevitable battles over government schools would go a long way toward relieving social tensions and making people happier. We can move without fretting over school districts and our son can take his lessons on the road. School officials mandating masks or letting students decide is unimportant, since we do as we damned well please. Whether a state law can be characterized as 'don't say gay' or 'anti-grooming' doesn't touch us, because we teach what we want. One benefit of homeschooling is that my family looks on escalating conflicts over curricula and disputes about school policies as observers, with little skin in the game.
