Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Well, this was a nice thing to read on my birthday... "The Walt Disney Co. has changed its policy to allow same-sex couples to participate in a popular Fairy Tale Wedding program it runs mainly at its two U.S. resorts and cruise line, a Disney spokesman said on Thursday." <a href="http://pageoneq.com/rssfeedstuff/index.php?id=11919" target="_blank">http://pageoneq.com/rssfeedstu ff/index.php?id=11919</a> I just can't see myself riding in Cinderella's carriage, though.
Originally Posted By DAR First of all Happy Birthday. Second this will bring praise from proponents of same sex arrangements. Scorn from the Evangelicals. And a shoulder shrug from people like me with a "good for them if it makes them happy."
Originally Posted By gadzuux I wonder if they'll start carrying same-sex cake toppers now. Happy birthday BDSM - and have a 'good friday'!
Originally Posted By Ursula I am really surprised...that it took this long! The Walt Disney Studio is known in the industry to have one of the best partnership-based benefit packages for their cast members. One would think they would have done this some time ago.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I am surprised that they weren't doing this already, and I am surprised they would issue a press release. This caught my eye: >>Disney had allowed gay couples to take part in its vow renewals program but excluded them from buying wedding packages by requiring a valid marriage license from California or Florida, which do not permit or recognize gay marriages.<< So a Minnesota marriage license doesn't cut the mustard...? (AND a very happy birthday from the happiest place on earth.)
Originally Posted By onlyme I'm sure it's not about the money, though. Anyway, happy birthday, BlueDevilSF
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Happy birthday BDSM<< LOL! I think Gadzuux means happy birthday bdsF.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Considering how long it took them to stop enforcing "no same sex dancing" at the TT, I'm not that surprised it took this long. Nice to see it happen, though.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Considering how long it took them to stop enforcing "no same sex dancing" at the TT>> What's the TT? And if you've ever been to a dance club, a lot of the people dancing are women. Right next to each other. Right against each other. Whooo I need to get some water now.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Tomorrowland Terrace. If they caught two guys (not girls, I don't think) dancing together, they used to break it up and ask them to leave the area.
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "So a Minnesota marriage license doesn't cut the mustard...?" << For a wedding held in Florida or California, no it doesn't. Marriage licenses are issued in the state where the ceremony takes place, not in the state of residence. -Jeff
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<So a Minnesota marriage license doesn't cut the mustard...?>> Gay marriage is not legal in Minnesota. You would think as supposedly liberal as the state is that it would be, but that is not the case. I think folks are just afraid that if gay marriage were allowed there would be no way to determine which spouse does the laundry. ;-)
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "First of all Happy Birthday. Second this will bring praise from proponents of same sex arrangements. Scorn from the Evangelicals. And a shoulder shrug from people like me with a "good for them if it makes them happy."" And it brings Disney more money, which they would never turn away.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< For a wedding held in Florida or California, no it doesn't. Marriage licenses are issued in the state where the ceremony takes place, not in the state of residence. >>> But there's a distinction to be drawn between a wedding in a legal sense and the ceremony. I know of people that have been married in a location away from home, and chose to get married in a legal sense in their hometown by just going down the license bureau and signing the papers for a civil ceremony. So the wedding ceremony at the destination location that everyone went to didn't have any legal connotation, and therefore no paperwork to complete with a distant state's marriage bureau. So, does Disney not support this sort of arrangement, where the legal formalities are handled in the home state?
Originally Posted By mrichmondj I wonder which Disney characters make up the topper on the commitment ceremony cake? Mickey & Donald? Minnie & Daisy? TweedleDee & TweedleDum? Chip & Dale? The possibilities are endless! LOL But somehow, I'm guessing the same-sex character cake toppers are not being offered as an option.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Don't discriminate against the lesbians. They get Bo Peep and Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl.
