Posted on 12/28/2004 1:05:35 PM PST by DirtyHarryY2K
Year In Review: Entertainment Industry
(Originally published on May 25, 2004)
A Christian activist group has developed a three-point strategy to warn unsuspecting families coming to Orlando, Florida, about the very family-unfriendly homosexual pride festival known as "Gay Days at Walt Disney World."
The Christian Action Network (CAN) is engaging in an all-out effort to inform families, school groups, and others of what they can expect from the homosexual event long before they enter the so-called Magic Kingdom. The group plans to use literature, road signs, and even a mobile advertisement to get the word out about the offensive and often X-rated goings on at the Walt Disney World theme park during Gay Days, which CAN says is scheduled for June 3-6, 2004.
Martin Mawyer, president of CAN, calls the public information campaign "a victory for unsuspecting families who do not want their children exposed to homosexual nudity, fondling, groping, kissing, and sex acts." And, he adds, "it is a defeat for the Disney Company, which refuses to notify them."
Mawyer notes that CAN has been asking Disney officials for six years to warn unsuspecting families and groups arriving during Gay Days, but the company has refused. Now, he says, since Disney has refused to issue a warning, CAN will.
In order to educate the public about Gay Days at Walt Disney World, the Christian group will take a three-pronged approach. The effort involves posting large road signs around the Orlando area that read: "Warning! Gay Days at Disney in June"; having a van drive up and down Interstate 4 with a similar warning and the specific dates of the homosexual celebration; and distributing pamphlets at the Orlando International Airport informing families about the kinds of things to which families and children would be exposed in public areas of the park during the homosexual celebration.
The pamphlet gives a detailed listing of some of the decadence actually scheduled for this year's Gay Days, including a homosexual parade, a "Gay and Lesbian Youth Meeting," poolside and "Foam" parties, and events described as "Taboo Magic Hour," "Lesbo-a-Go-Go," and "Pixie Flix" for "homo-Nuerotic fun." The literature also notes that extreme nudity and sex acts are to be expected at many of these events, and tells potential visitors to be aware that anyone wearing red clothing may be taken for a participant in the homosexual celebration.
"Our warning program will definitely be more effective and sweeping than anything Disney would volunteer to do," CAN's president says. In fact, he feels the information campaign is an even better solution than the company posting warning signs at the entrance of the park.
"The strategy of Christian Action Network will warn these families long before they reach Disney entrance gates," Mawyer says, "and it will give thousands of families an opportunity to revise their plans in Orlando."
CAN has been working for a number of years to raise awareness about Gay Days and to advocate for an end to the anti-family event. Members of the Christian group operate an additional activism site called StopGayDays.com, which contains links to shocking photographic evidence of the public indecency that characterizes these events and a listing of similar Gay Days activities at theme parks and resorts all over North America.
Last August the group released an exclusive original video recording called "Gay Days at Disney Gone Wild!" at a national press conference in Washington, DC. The 12-minute video documented the first six years of Disney's Gay Days celebration, depicting graphic footage of public nudity, drug use, homosexual kissing, fondling, and sex acts -- and even Disney cast members engaging in homoerotic performances. Also documented on the tape is testimony from a family that witnessed an explicit pornographic film shown on a Disney Cruise-Line bus. CAN has continued its efforts to warn the public by presenting the video to local media, pastors, church and civic leaders.
Mawyer says it is unfortunate that the group has had to embarrass Disney by publicly showing the tape, but the pro-family advocate says the company has no business allowing its name to be attached to Gay Days.
I thought every day at Disney was a Gay Day.
I love Disney World...but I have boycotted anything Disney, including the park. Poor Unca Walt.
Is this really the biggest news story of 2004?
Me too. It is a shame, but I just had to take a stand. If they want to be a porno park then advertise it as such, don't pose as a family friendly place.
there are other smaller, less publicized "gay days" all around the country, at other theme parks. "GAY DAYS" is its own organization, not neccessarily funded or promoted by Disney itself, although Disney certainly isn't going out of its way to distance itself from the organization, thats for sure. There's no such thing as bad publicity, to them. It just happens to choose Walt Disney World, one of the largest theme parks in the world, for its largest meeting. It happens at Paramount Parks such as Kings Island, for instance. My roommate from college happened to be there one saturday, with his brother. Wearing a red shirt. He saw the large amounts of same sex pairs all wearing red. He promptly went into a store and bought a different shirt to distinguish himself.
You have a point.
BTTT
We unknowingly took the family to Disneyland on the 1st weekend in Oct. and it turned out to be gay days. We were infuriated, luckily our children were too young to notice any thing. We cut out trip a little short and vowed to never visit Disney again unless they change their policy.
No. The re-election of your President was the biggest news story of 2004. May God give him wisdom and strength to fulfill his tasks as the leader of the Free World in 2005 as well!
I will respectfully disagree.
Disney is perfectly within their rights to operate their business in ant fashion which its management chooses (note Roy Disney Jr.’s actions trying to depose the current CEO).
Of course I also applaud the efforts of the Christian Action Network to inform unsuspecting parents of the horrors occurring at what is at most times a family friendly theme park.
Disney should, if they insist on having this abomination yearly in their park, make every effort to inform their patrons of these events. An informed guest is a happy guest.
I'm not so sure that CAN's method of warning people will be effective. It seems like they are targeting people who are already in Orlando.
Most people come from out of state to visit the Orlando area. By then they've invested thousands of dollars in tickets, hotel reservations and airline transportation. Disney's new ticket system has tickets that expire (unless you pay extra for a non-expiration option).
Suggestion: Have a promotion - give away a Disney trip for a family, provided that they will accept an annual e-mail message informing them of the Gay Days at Disney.
I think you are all missing what is really important. Disney owns ABC and their news division is one of the biggest main stream media slime liars there is. That is the real reason they should be boycotted.
Disney will not get any more of my business as long as they cultivate and promote American faggotry. No Disneyland, no movies, no toys. Nothing.
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