Disney Opens Fairy Tale Weddings To Gay Couples

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I think you're kind of missing the point I was trying to make but maybe I was unclear.

First off, I don't care what Disney does one way or the other. I haven't been to Disney since I was six and it has nothing to do with their policies about gay people. On the other hand, letting gay folks have pretend marriages there, doesn't make it worth a trip as far as I'm concerned either.

Yes, I know that Disney has viewed as pro-gay by the Southern Baptist for a long time (are they really especially pro-gay or are they simply equal?) But consider that the Baptist certainly must realize that they couldn't affect the Disney policies, and yet, choosing as a group to decide not to support the business reinforces the group belief and group unity. It's not really about hurting Disney; it's about refusing to say, "Oh well, even though Disney doesn't share our values, we'll keep going there. Let's give them our money anyway." It's about the Southern Baptists, not about Disney.

If you believe a business is acting in a way that reinforces immoral behavior (and I am not prepared to say that's what the Disney wedding stuff does, by any stretch, but I think the SBs will), do you continue to go to that business? I tend to think that people of principle refuse to go to that business even if they don't expect the business to change the behavior because of their boycott.

I was under the impression that to end the boycott in 2005 some fences were mended with the Southern Baptists, and I was surprised that considering that I expect actual legal same sex marriage to be pretty much right around the corner, that Disney felt like they needed to be out in front with their pretend weddings when they could wait, keep the same policy, and avoid pissing a big "family" group off.

They're pro-equality which to some people means pro-gay. They've provided same-sex partner benefits for a while now and have hosted some sort of gaydays at Disney. They're not hiding it.

I'm saying that clearly Disney did not care what the SB's though during the 8 year boycott, which apparently did little more than provide Disney with free advertisement, as eight years later they had not changed their policies or actions.

Even if it is only about money to Disney (and it's always at least partially about money) I'm not sure why they'd care about pissing off a demographic whose non-attendance didn't affect their bottom line for eight years. They're anticipating making more money from this change.