Current state law grants tax credits on productions considered
"family friendly" - with no smoking, sex, nudity or profane language. The proposal by Republican Rep. Stephen Precourt of Orlando 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. Precourt says 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." Florida Together director Ted Howard says "instituting 1950s-style
movie censorship does nothing to support real-life families."