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[RELATED: Gov. Ron DeSantis designates Nov. 7th as 'Victims of Communism Day' in Florida]

A day devoted to victims of Communism in Florida? Really?

Of all the pressing matters our state faces, we do not need a special day thats an obvious political ploy to capture votes.

I have just had to pay an increase of more than 20% on my homeowners insurance. But I guess I can breathe easier, knowing that hot-button topics like abortion, critical race theory and being gay have been addressed by our current state administration.

When will the needs of citizens take precedence over the politics of retaining power?

Robert Hazelcorn, Cooper City

[RELATED: DeSantis signs 'Victims of Communism Day' into law for public schools]

I have read no dissent from this move by Floridas governor. How can Ron DeSantis compel students to learn about the victims of Communism most of whom are in foreign countries yet forbid students to learn about the victims of Jim Crow?

Where is the outrage?

Fred Gamble, Kerrville, TX

[RELATED: The Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe raises a question: Are more precedents next?]

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alitos draft opinion stated that the Constitution makes no reference to abortion, therefore women have no such right.

But nowhere in our Constitution does it state that any crazy person may own a gun; that corporations are people; or that government can take a persons private property and give it to another private person or business.

Nowhere does it say that money for public schools may be given to religious or private schools or that campaign contributions to political parties are equivalent to free speech.

Where in the Constitution does it say states have the authority to diminish the peoples right to vote?

Where does it say that nominees to the Supreme Court can lie to members of Congress at their confirmation hearings and get away with it? Justice Alito has made a very strong case for term limits on the court. The power of lifetime employment can easily be abused as we are witnessing now.

Mel Rubinstein, Fort Lauderdale

The term pro-life is so hypocritical.

It is well-established that many conservatives favor the death penalty, but not a womans right to choose what happens to her own body. By their reasoning, all life must be preserved. So how can they morally condone ending a life that has been independently sustained for many years? Isnt life itself sacred? A womans right to choose what happens to her own body saves two lives in the long run.

Barbra Nightingale, Hollywood

Reading your front-page May 7 news article, headlined Papers stand by textbook story, reminded me of Chico Marxs famous quote in the movie Duck Soup: Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?

If history is any indicator, my vote goes to the newspapers of record rather than the DeSantis administration, the Florida Department of Education and the Moms for Liberty group whose name means anything but.

Norman Berkowitz, Boynton Beach

[RELATED: When DeSantis stifles dissent, it makes us all victims | Editorial ]

Great editorial.

Thank you for standing against DeSantis self-promotion. Unfortunately, all of these new laws by DeSantis are restricting Floridas people and families and is sadly creating thousands of jobs for lawyers to argue all these questionable laws for years to come. Thanks for being a great newspaper!

Richard Alcott, Fort Lauderdale

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