Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I'm very glad to hear that you're not saving yourself for another man, FerretAfros, duckling. After all, I've had my own cauldron set for you for quite some time. Perhaps--some day--you'll be walking down the aisle inside a Disney wedding chapel with your favorite witch! ORGOCH: Thought Samantha Stephens went ta that great big cauldron in the sky along time ago!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <>> just part of a world that treats all people the same. << Observation of historical events over the millenia wouldn't support this wish. Except maybe on Star Trek. < likely not even on the Enterprise....but one can hope..
Originally Posted By smctopia Re: Post #20, The first Narnia movie contains Christian allegories (Aslan's death=Christ's death, etc) and Disney marketed up that angle to churches. Since some churches may opposose Disney's decision about weddings, this may hamper them from using the same marketing angle with Caspian, although I don't recall any allegory in that one.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Now... if only Disney threw out the stupid idea of offering the castle suit to travel agents on June 2nd 2007 (Gay Day at the MK), and offered the mostly gay clientele of the day a chance to win a stay at the suit. maybe I would have more confidence in a company who still seems to put down the gay population in very subtle ways... And if it wasn't because the gasy and Lesbians of the World have disposable income, I am not even sure Disney would change this policy. After all... it's all about the money, and nothing else.
Originally Posted By Mr X I don't care HOW much disposable income they have, I still do NOT like gasy lesbians!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Actually C.S. Lewis said he never used allegories per se. He said he wanted to see "what would happen if Christ entered another world", but characters and events don't always "match up" to Christianity (i.e., The White Witch isn't Satan, etc.). And yes, throughout all 7 books there are echoes and themes, but nothing in your face. The stories are quite enjoyable simply on their own merit.
Originally Posted By MinnieSummer But this segment of the population still can't get married in WDW or DL they can only exchange commitment vows. While this is a step forward, for whatever reason Disney chose to do it, it still isn't enough. I didn't know that Disney provided benefits such as healthcare for it's employees partners regardless of sexual orientation. I guess Disney is a little ahead of the many of the rest of the world's major corporations in that regard.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "But this segment of the population still can't get married in WDW or DL they can only exchange commitment vows. While this is a step forward, for whatever reason Disney chose to do it, it still isn't enough. " Well, this is out of Disney's hands, since Neither California or Florida recognize same-sex marriage. So, until that changes, commitment ceremonies will have to do, I guess.
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "I didn't know that Disney provided benefits such as healthcare for it's employees partners regardless of sexual orientation. I guess Disney is a little ahead of the many of the rest of the world's major corporations in that regard." << Disney actually has generally been pretty cautious in this type of change, probably since their family-friendly reputation makes them a fairly easy target for religious and conservative advocacy groups. While they may be towards the front of the curve with their same-sex benefits policies among all corporations, they were actually the last of the major Hollywood studios to put such a policy in place. -Jeff
Originally Posted By markedward <I guess Disney is a little ahead of the many of the rest of the world's major corporations in that regard.> I just googled "companies same sex benefits" and found an article that says that as of June 2006, slightly more than half of Fortune 500 companies (253) offer benefits for employees with unmarried partners.
Originally Posted By Socrates Just remember -- The bottom line is the bottom line. Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror >>>>> "I didn't know that Disney provided benefits such as healthcare for it's employees partners regardless of sexual orientation. I guess Disney is a little ahead of the many of the rest of the world's major corporations in that regard." << Disney actually has generally been pretty cautious in this type of change, probably since their family-friendly reputation makes them a fairly easy target for religious and conservative advocacy groups. While they may be towards the front of the curve with their same-sex benefits policies among all corporations, they were actually the last of the major Hollywood studios to put such a policy in place.<<< They were ONE of the last studios to put that policy in place. There were others still holding out that changed concurrently to the mouse. And I'm pretty sure these policies have been in place for over a decade. At the time, they were pretty ahead of the curve for the Fortune 500.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp "Does this mean Chip and Dale will be coming out of the closet now?" Wrong couple - it's Pluto and Goofy. You never see one of them in the parks without the other. Right Jessica?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I don't know about Pluto and Goofy, they hardly hang out together.. but Chip and Dale.. c'mon! Even those are the gayest names in history.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it would be really funny if they offered a choice of characters for the weddings, instead of only Mickey and Minnie. While I'm sure they would remain the most popular, Chip and Dale would probably get a fair number of requests, and possibly even the Tweedles, but that's a little to West Virginia for my liking...
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