AP: Group Wants to Show Disney Gay Video

Originally Posted By Rebekah

This topic is for discussion of the 2/13/2002 news item

<b><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/020212/disney_shareholders_1.html" target="_blank">AP: Group Wants to Show Disney Gay Video</a></b>
The February 13th <I>Associated Press</I> reports the Christian Action Network hopes to show video taken during Gay Days at the upcoming Disney shareholders meeting.

 

Originally Posted By kennect

How completely absurd...When will these people learn to mind their own business and not someone else's...I have been there during one of the get togethers...The only thing that struck me as being strange is the idea that the weather is so miserble, humidty,etc., why they don't plan this unorganized event at some other time of the year...As far as what I witnessed while there amounted to nothing...It struck me as any other day in the parks...Tons of folks trying to have a good time....

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder Family

When is Gay Days at WDW? Someone told me they thought it was the first week of June (I'll be there the 5th-10th). Anyone know for sure? Just curious. Not sure if I'm ready to explain the birds & the bees to the lil' ones. : )

 

Originally Posted By kennect

You will miss out I think...Trust me though when I say this...The most outrageous thing I saw on that trip was a woman breast feeding her child in lobby area of the Brown Derby...Actually I didn't find it outrageous but still I was a little thrown off by it...From everything I have read this years event will be the weekend before you are there...

 

Originally Posted By plpeters70

You know, this is the sort of thing that just disgusts me. Are these people really so obsessed with trying to impose their views of morality on everyone that they want to try to get Disney to ban a certain group of the population from the parks?? This is just ridiculous. If heterosexual people are allowed to be affectionate in public, then homosexuals should be allowed to as well - and it's folly to try and force Disney to stop it. Perhaps the Christian Action Network would like to next try and stop anyone who is not a Christian from entering Disney World as well.

Sorry for the rant, but this kind of intolerance for other human beings really makes me angry!!!

 

Originally Posted By MKristen

Ok guys. I just have to start off by saying that I am a very strick Lutheran and do not personally believe in the way of life that homosexuals tend to lead. I know I'll get bashed for this, but about the "gay days" at Disney, here are my views. I believe that the Christian community are not bashing the gays, but are in fact saying that a whole celebration should not be held STRICTLY for the gay people in the world. I personally think that Disney and the gay community are just shoving their sexuality in our face when we do not necessarily appreciate it. I mean, gays CAN be gay without being so in-your-face about the whole thing. I mean, where's "straight day"? lol. I'm just stating my views. You can agree or disagree......

~Kristen~

 

Originally Posted By Big Thunder Family

I don't know if Disney can be held liable for Gay Days. From what I understand it's a group that has formed itself & Disney would probably, no doubt, risk lawsuit trying to stop them from entering. I imagine there isn't anything they can do. I have no problem whatsoever w/gays being there. I'm sure they are always there! Every trip I've been on I've seen gay people & I've never seen any behaving in any bad way. I just don't like ANY public displays of emotion be it homo or hetero. I guess it sounds like something that is going to attract a lot of partying & stuff & I associate that with more "in your face" antics. As much as I associate "Spring Break" with the same kind of antics. I wouldn't want to go there then either due to the large number of teens & college kids that would probably be in full party mode. I'm going as a boring 33 year old w/my family & not looking for lots of things to have to cover my young kids eyes over. I honestly hope I have not come across as rude.

 

Originally Posted By Kevin

You can find more information at

www.gaydays.com

It is May 28-June 3, 2002.

MKristen - Almost every day of the year is straight day.

 

Originally Posted By Memory

Almost every day of the year is gay day as well, but it's pointless for these guys to do this. It's not helping anyone including themselves. It's mostly just obnoxious. Disney does not sponsor the thing so there's little they could do however, I don't begrudge them doing it. If gays can get together and plan this thing it stands to reason that a group of christians would have the same right to protest against it in most anyway they see fit as long as they stay well withing the law. Again though showing this tape at the shareholders meeting isn't going to accomplish much. I'd rather they were shown a tape of Triceratops spin, of the trash sitting on the ground, of the paint peeling off the park, of the giant plastic hat blocking one's view of anything interesting in MGM, of the cheesy vegas-esque sign hovering over Spaceship Earth, of the empty hole that was 20K, of the attractions sitting unused in TL. That would be a tape they could DO something about.

-Tristan

 

Originally Posted By kennect

Kristen, I agree with you wholeheartdley...but that is not what is happening here...This is about a very small group of people that have become very obsessive about this that it has become an issue year after year...This affair isn't sanctioned by Disney, it is simply a group of people that manage to organize themselves in such a manner that they actually meet at one place...Big deal...They pay admission just like the rest of us...Were it not for the efforts of these socalled Christian groups this weekend would be like any other weekend at Disney...This effort to show video to stockholders in my mind is to be considered outrageous...I own Disney stock and the company has many serious issues to deal with right now other than who attends their parks...I go on the theory if the customer has the cash to gain admittance then please come on in...I have always found the idea that considering the large number of people that you will find in a Disney park any day typically act rather humane and decent...I have personally never witnessed any type of disturbance...I think that is pretty amazing considering the large number of people these parks can hold...As someone pointed out above "straight day" is everyday...Do you hear anyone complain about that...My whole problem here is with the idea that certain religious leaders feel the need to try to make something out of nothing...They need to give up on this Disney bit and focus their efforts where they would truly be of value...There is so much suffering in this world certainly they could find something to spend their time that would be of value...

 

Originally Posted By Jim Disney

>>Are these people really so obsessed with trying to impose their views of morality on everyone that they want to try to get Disney to ban a certain group of the population from the parks?<<

So disgusting... All they accomplish in doing this is showing everyone how self-obsorbed and UN-Christian they are by doing this. I'm not trying to start a debate on this, but it's just very frustrating to be a Christian and see other people doing stuff like this.

It's a sad thing... intolerance... pathetic.

JD
<a href="http://www.westcoaster.net" target="_blank">http://www.westcoaster.net</a>

 

Originally Posted By DigitalDisney

Why do you think that Disney couldn't let the gay day people into their parks? They are a privately owned company. If they have unruly kids, they can throw them out. Restaurants can deny entry if you're not appropriately dressed (both with "no shirt, no shoes, no service", and entering a fancy restaurant with shorts and sandals). Why can't Disney do the same with their parks? Especially if it gets to the point where it makes their visitors uncomfortable and they lose business...

 

Originally Posted By coral_barks

Weigh the economics!

Gay Day is one day out of a year. Its existence guarantees a certain (paying!) visitorship on that day. True, its public announcement also guarantees the loss of visitorship of those who find homosexuality discomforting. But they only "lose business" this one day, _assuming_ those who would be put off by this event actually find out before coming. Given the (reasonably well) known amount of business generated by Gay Day, and the ambiguous (though likely far smaller and FAR more flexible, ie. they can come the next week when Gay Day isn't) amount of business lost, the rational decision is not to lift a finger against it.

Add to that the weight of the PR intolerance repurcussions if they do ban gays from the parks, for only the reason of sexuality, and that seals the deal.

In any case, I'll be at the meeting next week. This should be interesting....

 

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Originally Posted By Memory

I think you'd get farther with some of these people if you weren't so quick to judge THEM. If you don't want to be judged and be called names, don't judge and call names. Fairly simple I'd say.

-Tristan

 

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Originally Posted By wahooskipper

I highly recommend going to Disney during gay days whether you are gay or not. The crowds are not bad and you couldn't find a group of more courteous, friendly people.

There is no pushing or shoving at cash registers like when the South American tour groups are in town. It is just a pleasant time at the parks.

 

Originally Posted By Disneybrad

Wow it only Feburary and It's alrwady starting.

By the way Carlos and Me will be at the Magic Kingdom on "that" Saturday.

And Probably will be found at PI a few other nights as well.

If you also wan't something else fun, stop by the Rose and Crown Gay Day as well. Pam Brody really puts on a show.

 

Originally Posted By plpeters70

"And for clatertrap, PLEASE do not call the christians wacko!"

My dear, when they act "wacko", then he certainly has a right to call them so. I'm a Christian myself, a Catholic - which is about as Christian as you can get -- and I find all of this intolerance for other people absolutely disgusting and "wacko". I just don't understand how anyone can preach about "God loving everyone", and then turn around and treat people like they're dirt. It's hypocritical, and these people give Christians a bad name.

Besides that, could you imagine the PR nightmare that would ensue if Disney actually tried to ban homosexuals from the park?? I'm sure Disney would rather have a few days of alot of homosexual paying customers, than the horrible media attention they would recieve if they tried to ban them.