Posted on 04/05/2007 5:45:31 PM PDT by Dirtysnowbank
Disney opens Fairy Tale Weddings to gay couples
Thu Apr 5, 2007 7:11 PM ET
By Gina Keating
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.
Disney previously had allowed gay couples to organize their own weddings or commitment ceremonies at rented meeting rooms at the resorts, but had barred them from purchasing its Fairy Tale Wedding package and holding the event at locations at Disneyland and Walt Disney World that are set aside specifically for weddings.
"We are updating our Fairy Tale Wedding guidelines to include commitment ceremonies," Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman Donn Walker said. "This is consistent with our policy of creating a welcoming, respectful and inclusive environment for all of our guests."
Walker said the change was prompted by "an inquiry from a guest that asked about this service."
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.
Last month, gay Web site AfterElton.com criticized Disney for not allowing same-sex couples to participate in the Fairy Tale Weddings and Honeymoons program.
Disney's Fairy Tale Wedding packages start at $8,000 and include a wedding planner, the ceremony, food and beverages, flowers and table decorations.
The Lavish Wedding Option also includes a ride to the ceremony in the Cinderella coach, costumed trumpeters heralding the couple's arrival, and attendance by Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters dressed in formal attire.
Disney has come under fire from religious conservatives, including the Southern Baptist Convention, which have accused the company of promoting a gay agenda.
The groups, which lifted an eight-year boycott of Disney in 2005, had criticized the company for such corporate policies as giving health benefits to same-sex partners of employees, allowing "Gay Day" celebrations at its theme parks and airing a prime time television show on its ABC network featuring openly gay comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
"We are not in the business of making judgments about the lifestyle of our guests. We are in the hospitality business and our parks and resorts are open to everyone," Walker said.
imagine the look on a groom’s face that his bride to be wants to use a “gay” chappel for their wedding day.
Imagine DADDY being asked to pay to use the same “gay” chappel as bruth and bruth.
OH this is going to be a fabulous business decision.
actually you can and people do state that homosexuality is only about sex or relate what they do with each other’s genitals is a clinical and sanitary vocabulary.
ie one man playing with the genitals of another man for recreation.
The questions becomes will BRIDES AND GROOMS who are 98+% of the population want to go anywhere near a now “gay” chappel?
Click here, about halfway down.
Hey! Fairy! I resemble that remark.
I don’t think so. I wish you were right but I see no discernable loss in their business...nothing that will realy hurt them.
you’re not getting it - people who care still get married in churches formally.
“Do gay people get married here” is not even on the radar of most brides.
That’s it for me. The Gay Days (always around my birthday weekend) are about as bad as it gets, but this is just 1 more step beyond the pale. I’m done painting Disney with the vision of what it was 60-70 years ago.
Not a rumor. It is fact. The movie was “POWDER”.
Obviously they still need some tinkering (or tinkerbelling?)
How dare they impose an opposite sex couple on a same-sex ceremony!
I’ll be a-pinging tomorrow...
Have you noticed the tiny font for keywords? What happened around here?
So if they marry and try to breed and cannot, does that mean they will die out as a species?
No, the mods are trying to keep this place from becoming a total cesspool. Try posting about anal sex between a man and a woman a few times using that "rhymes with species" word and I'm pretty sure you'll be shown the door even faster.
Yes. It was called Powder.
I’d just like to note that I took a gander at the keywords and decided “Walt’s Rotating Corpse” would be an awesome name for a band.
Maybe my husband and I can go gay and renew our vows the festive way???
The Mouse Betrayed is still a great book if you all haven't read it. In addition I stopped shopping at K-Mart almost 15 years ago because they had as their spokes person the gun hating loudmouthed dyke Rosie O'Donnell. Haven't spent a dime with them in all that time. Watching them fail will be one of my greatest pleasures if they don't stop the corruption.
Disney. (Spit!)
Unless he has AIDS and some of his saliva contacts your skin. Then it is very relevant.
You didn't know that "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" was...ah, forget it.
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