State Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, amended his bill (HB 697) today to remove any reference to “nontraditional family values.” Precourt’s included the term in his original bill, which passed one House committee, to narrow eligibility for the state’s “family-friendly” bonus tax credit.

But after gay-rights advocates called it “1950s-style movie censorship” in a Palm Beach Post story, which was picked up by the New York Times and L.A. Times, the Senate dropped the term completely.

Today, Precourt also dropped the term, but adds additional language. The bill includes the original definition of family-friendly (no sex, nudity, vulgar language) and also prohibits movies with any “other matters that would offend parents whose 5-year-old views the motion picture or games.”

That extra wording, which appeases gay-rights groups, is apparently from the Motion Picture Association of America.

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