State leadership defended the eradication of LGBTQ+ rainbow crosswalks and said noncompliant cities will be forced to comply. The policy removes rainbow flag crosswalks along with many other decorative street markings now prohibited by state rules. Removal actions have provoked outrage, peaceful protests, and acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, including repainting at the Pulse nightclub site in Orlando and painted schemes outside transportation offices. Demonstrations occurred at Sebastian Street and the rainbow-painted bridge linking Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors. Enforcement also encompasses non-rainbow markings, unsettling city officials, schoolchildren, and an artist whose state-approved work faces elimination. Pompano Beach received orders to remove colorful geometric designs and musical-note crosswalks.
"It's like they think that they should just be a law unto themselves," DeSantis said, adding, "You're always gonna have the Key Wests of the world that are going to virtue signal. That's just what they do."
"been informed that we must remove several pieces of asphalt art that are located around our City Hall/Cultural Center complex. Simple colorful geometric designs. Musical Note crosswalks. Nothing having any political or ideological overtones."
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