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Florida Lawmakers Claim Museum Director Violated Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law

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In our contemporary culture, where ideology is more important that truth, the idea that a teacher or museum director might receive criticism from both the Left and Right for displaying a well known classical work of art or accurately describing classical history or culture is all too real — and certainly not a joke.

While the facts about the statue are all true, ‘Antinous as Agathodaemon’ still resides at the Ailes Museum in Berlin, this particular story — at least for now —  is my April Fools Day jest.

 

 

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