Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/p7fvcaq">http://tinyurl.com/p7fvcaq</a> Happy Pride everyone!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Really?? Not photo shopped? Even a "left leaning moderate" like me finds that cool as hell!! P.S. It is "left leaning moderates" like me that finally tipped the balance. When we came on board, it was game over.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I know, I'm pretty surprised and shocked myself RT. I'd be less surprised if this were California or France we're talking about, but Florida? A new day has definitely dawned in America and I couldn't be more proud to be a Disney Park fan!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip To elaborate on the above. For a long time I thought it was best if the state just got the hell out of the marriage business. Grant a "legal union" to anyone wanting it and leave it to individual churches to decide whether or not to declare it a "marriage" (which many now do for same-sex couples). But I came around to deciding that was just word games, and would force atheists and others to participate in a religious process that they really had no interest in. Today marriage is not just a religious matter, but it has many legal impacts controlled by US and State law. Therefor, if there were to be any equality not just "legal unions", but "marriage" would have to be sanctioned by the state for all. I maybe came to it late, but then so did Obama.
Originally Posted By oc_dean That's cool. Facebook in the act ... as I, along with so many others (gay, and straight- who are supportive) have watermarked our avatars with the rainbow.
Originally Posted By dagobert The picture posted is from 2012. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wdwforgrownups.com/articles/magic-kingdom-stay-open-24-hours-february-29">http://www.wdwforgrownups.com/...ruary-29</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>2012? Even better!<<< I'm just not sure if it was used intentional for the Pride movement. The article I've posted is about the 24 hours celebration. But I really like that picture and it's so cool that it can be used for the Pride movement. Just out of interest, did Disney support that movement? I know big companies like Apple and Starbucks did. The Walt Disney Family Museum did so too. We met a gay couple on the Disney ship and they wanted to get married as soon as it is legalized. I'm so happy for them, that they finally can do that. Now it's about time, the same thing happens over here.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's part of the castle's constant color-changing sequence that it slowly rotates through. DL's castle has one lighting scheme that it keeps at all times, while MK's goes through a variety of colors. If you take a photo at just the right moment as it's changing, you get a rainbow Similarly, the photo of rainbow-colored Niagara Falls is part of their evening light show and has nothing to do with the recent SCOTUS decision. I saw a nearly-identical photo of the falls with colored lights, but the water was frozen. Similarly, many of the other landmarks that have gone viral have done rainbow lights during Pride for years (like the Empire State Building); only a few of them (like the White House) did it specially just for the decision >>Just out of interest, did Disney support that movement?<< From my understanding, Disney was a relatively-early adopter of letting their employees share their insurance benefits and things like that with their same-sex spouses, but they never actively/publically campaigned for it. Some Disney employees made one of those "It Gets Better" videos that were going around a few years ago, but I don't think it was officially sponsored by the company or anything. In general, Disney tries to stay out of social politics
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>In general, Disney tries to stay out of social politics<<< I guess that's the best, because I've always had the impression, that Disney has many conservative fans. But since Disney is a company based in California, it has always been open minded company. At least that's what I think.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn No, this (as well as the White House color splashes) were actually tributes to the outstanding career of Jeff Gordon during his retirement season with NASCAR. That's very thoughtful and considerate of them. Four time CHAMP! A sincere esteem he so richly deserves. Kudos to Disney and the White House for doing this honor to Jeff. #24
Originally Posted By TheRedhead Jeff Gordon's gay? Good for him. I still think the most surprising thing happened during last year's WDW TV holiday parade special - a solid minute or two was devoted to Neil Patrick Harris talking about his husband and their two kids and how much they enjoy the park. They even put up a picture that showed the happy family. Seemed pretty gutsy for a mega corp to do. Though maybe not "gay-NASCAR" gutsy.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "No, this (as well as the White House color splashes) were actually tributes to the outstanding career of Jeff Gordon during his retirement season with NASCAR. That's very thoughtful and considerate of them. Four time CHAMP! A sincere esteem he so richly deserves. Kudos to Disney and the White House for doing this honor to Jeff. #24 " Ignore this. mrkthompsn can't handle the way his life has changed so drastically since the decision on Friday, and he needs to whine about it every change he can.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>But since Disney is a company based in California, it has always been open minded company<< It seems like any company in the creative/entertainment industry will have to deal with these sorts of issues more than most companies. If they want to hire and retain the best talent, they need to make their policies accommodating to their employees. It's great that they were able to make the changes that they needed to without trying to make themselves the center of attention while they did it Personally, I think that is a great way to show support for an issue without having to make some sort of campaign out of it (like Chick-fil-A or Starbucks). I get tired of hearing people who are faux-offended by some company saying/doing something, and them claiming that they're going to boycott them forever. It's much easier when I can just pay the company to provide the good or service that I want, and don't have to worry about them going off and representing some political issue >>Seemed pretty gutsy for a mega corp to do.<< Nah, I don't think having NPH host a show is particularly gutsy right now; he's very mainstream and has been an A-lister for several years, and has always been quite open about his family. His role as the super-womanizing Barney Stinson won him a lot of fans who wouldn't traditionally be drawn to a gay actor. I don't think there are too many people left out there who are shocked or horrified by him these days A gutsy move would have been in the late 90's when Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom (and then in real life), and ABC continued to air it (until it got cancelled due to dwindling audiences) and Epcot kept her version of the Universe of Energy running. Heck, her image didn't really start to recover until after she voiced Dory and then got an afternoon talkshow. Disney's ties to Ellen nearly 2 decades ago was kind of gutsy; NPH a few months ago...notsomuch
