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'Rainbow Mickey' souvenirs come out for Gay Days (at Walt Disney World in Orlando)
Orlando Sentinel ^ | May 30, 2013 | Sara K. Clarke

Posted on 05/31/2013 10:10:18 AM PDT by Zakeet

Mickey the merchandiser has gone loud and proud, in a subtle sort of way.

Walt Disney World will be the gathering spot for thousands of gays, their friends and families this weekend, as the 23rd annual Gay Day takes place Saturday at the Magic Kingdom. Now a weeklong event, Gay Days began in 1991 as a single day on which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community was encouraged to "Wear Red and Be Seen" while visiting the world's most-popular theme park.

Though Walt Disney World has always maintained a neutral stance on the annual event, neither endorsing nor discouraging it, the merchandising machine that is Disney isn't passing up an opportunity to put out a few crowd-pleasing souvenirs.

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Gay Days' organizers say they expect 170,000 people to participate in some aspect of this year's event, which started Tuesday evening and runs through Sunday. In addition to visiting Disney World, participants have a range of planned events from which to choose across the tourism district and the rest of the Orlando area, including a Taste of Gay Days restaurant exposition, a charity auction, pool parties and other social gatherings.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: absolutemorals; disney; disneyworld; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; orlando
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

Me too!!!! (getting there the 8th). I ran upstairs in a panic the other day to Google “Gay Days” because it flashed into my head out of nowhere. We got rained on in Disneyland 2 years ago and I about would have died if it had been at the same time.


21 posted on 05/31/2013 10:37:36 AM PDT by JacksonCalhoun (CT Yankee in NC Exile - the only swing state to flip (barely))
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

Unknowingly we went years ago and my former son-in-law just happened to wear a red shirt that particular day. Did we kid him much? LOL! Accused him of knowing and not telling us about it. We didn’t stay very long. And no, no refund. Never went back either. Can’t stand the place any longer.


22 posted on 05/31/2013 10:39:06 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: PATRIOT1876

I’ve been there during Gay Days. I only saw one gay couple. I didn’t know about the red thing.


23 posted on 05/31/2013 10:40:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: Zakeet
“Though it is easy for us to perceive the wild instability of the Roman Imperium in its final days, it was not easy for the Romans.”
Thomas Cahill
How The Irish Saved Civilization. Doubleday, 1995, pp. 29-30.

24 posted on 05/31/2013 10:41:23 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: Zakeet

This is sick and disgusting. I knew they had some kind of Disney “gay days” events at what used to be the adult section of WDW (Downtown Disney?), but it goes on at the Magic Kingdom - the very heart of Disney World - now??


25 posted on 05/31/2013 10:42:13 AM PDT by nutmeg (Rest in Peace, FReeper Extraordinaire Doctor Raoul...)
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To: Zakeet

Where’s Westboro Baptist? Talk about a Target-Rich Environment.


26 posted on 05/31/2013 10:42:57 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
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To: Zakeet

When Eisner took Disney away from the family

That was the end

And they let him in to begin with

Eisner represented a value system diametrically opposed to Walts


27 posted on 05/31/2013 10:44:52 AM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

If you’re going to be there the week after Homo Child Recruitment Week, be sure to bring lots of hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Or maybe a flamethrower.

}:-)4


28 posted on 05/31/2013 10:50:02 AM PDT by Moose4 (SHALL. NOT. BE. INFRINGED.)
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To: texaschick
If I ever need to plan a family vacation I’m headed to Dollywood. WDW will not get any of my money.

What you said! We rent a cabin in that area for a week every summer. At least the queers haven't taken that area over (yet).

29 posted on 05/31/2013 10:50:32 AM PDT by Marathoner (Impeach Obama, Holder, Big Sis, and throw in IL Gov Quinn for good measure)
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To: wardaddy

Will Obama be attending? Perhaps with Reggie on his arm?


30 posted on 05/31/2013 10:51:13 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: texaschick

Consider Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO June 8th through the 21st. It's National Kids Fest time. Absolutely super family-safe entertainment! I am not affiliated with them whatsoever, but I am a huge fan of that operation. Planning my own trip :-)


31 posted on 05/31/2013 10:51:51 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Zakeet

The homosexual agenda propagandists have sought management jobs wherever they can take special joy in spreading their pervasion. Looks like the new president of Disney World is opening gay:
http://www.queerty.com/walt-disney-world-welcomes-first-openly-gay-president-20130206/

No longer a place to take kids, parents, grandparents or friends. No more purchasing of Disney anything. Perverting all that at its core was wholesome. The Boy Scouts are finished. Now Disney. Ditto the liberal schools of theology. Given the trashing of what was good, Americans who care will build start new institutions and leave the perverted to themselves. The media who pander to all that are going down the tubes fast.


32 posted on 05/31/2013 10:57:22 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Zakeet

Irony is that rainbow behind Mickey is backwards.

I think a planned and announced Gay Day at Disney is a good idea. Disney can’t stop it from happening (it’s a grassroots event organized outside of Disney’s control) and it serves to drive gay attendence on a specific day or week ... Allowing people to plan any vacation there accordingly.


33 posted on 05/31/2013 11:02:34 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Zakeet

Rump Rangers ride again. Don’t be caught in Tom Sawyer’s cave.


34 posted on 05/31/2013 11:10:03 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Plan "B" is now Plan "A")
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To: mylife

See my tagline.


35 posted on 05/31/2013 11:15:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: texaschick

That is what our family is doing now as well. Renting a cabin once a year to go. Dollywood Rocks.


36 posted on 05/31/2013 11:15:07 AM PDT by formosa
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To: mylife
I will never understand why gays can’t be fine with acceptance, and why they demand that they be celebrated.

Deep down, they still know what they do is wrong. It's their guilty conscience that won't be satisfied w/mere acceptance.

37 posted on 05/31/2013 11:18:32 AM PDT by LouAvul (In a state of disbelief as to how liberals destroyed America in a mere 40 years.)
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To: Zakeet

Gays invented a gender, why not invent a God, being gay is all about designer reality..
Gay Day at Disney World is Soooo right.. radical normality..
GAys are quite Normalphobic..

A kid looking at Mickey Mouse in a costume next to a Gay transgender person in FULL costume must say “WHY NOT”..

Disney World is NOT ABOUT normality.. you know reality..
Being Gay is an “ACT”.. they just “ACT” normal..

The only ones that can buy the act.... is a kid..
-OR- a democrat... most of whom never grew up..


38 posted on 05/31/2013 11:37:38 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Zakeet

And to think only a few short years ago,the only thing there that could make you sick was riding on Space Mountain just after you ate!


39 posted on 05/31/2013 12:10:35 PM PDT by massmike (At least no one is wearing a "Ron Paul - 2016" tee shirt........yet!)
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To: Zakeet

Those of us who live in FL have a rather negative opinion of Disney.

First of all, they have way too much money - they steamroller over anyone in their way. I guess all gigantic corps must prioritize their bottom line, but there’s something galling about the way Disney does it - while pretending to care about families and such.

They have a totally socially progressive outlook and are one of the main reasons FL is purple. It’s like half of the S-P north imported their way into the Christian South and said, You don’t like it? Tough, we’ve got way more money than you. Half the workers are gay. Disney owns giant swatches of property. You think you are driving on a road and nope, the Disney cops come after you. It’s like Big Brother who looks like Mickey Mouse is watching you.

They also have an incredible disregard for the pocketbook of the average FL consumer. Even their parking is $15. People here in Tampa LOVE Busch gardens - they have a fun pass for all year for the price of a daily admission. Disney doesn’t know what family friendly pricing is. We used to tease EPCOT is “Every Pocketbook Comes Out Trashed”.


40 posted on 05/31/2013 12:12:55 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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