Baptists return to Disney

[strandinthewind]

Southern Baptists End 8-Year Disney Boycott

Wednesday, June 22, 2005



NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Baptists ended an eight-year boycott of the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) for violating "moral righteousness and traditional family values" in a vote on the final day of the faith's annual convention Wednesday.

"We believe for the boycott to be effective, it had to have a beginning and an ending," said Gene Mims, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention (search) committee that put the Disney resolution before some 12,000 members at the meeting.

SBC delegates also passed a resolution that encourages parents to investigate their children's public schools to determine whether they are too accepting of homosexuality.

The Disney resolution, passed at the SBC's 1997 convention in Dallas, called for Southern Baptists to refrain from patronizing Disney theme parks and Disney products, mainly because of the entertainment company's decision to give benefits to companions of gay employees.

"We felt like it was time to end it. We're hopeful Disney will do what the resolution calls for," Mims added.

The resolution states Disney should serve "families of America by providing only those products that affirm traditional family values."

Southern Baptists should also continue to monitor the "products and policies of the Disney Company," according to the resolution, which also urged members to "practice continued discernment regarding all entertainment products from all sources."

Officials at Burbank, Calif.-based Disney did not immediately have a comment.

"We have cost them (Disney) hundreds of millions of dollars," said Wiley Gray, an SBC member from Florida, who spoke in favor of lifting the boycott because Disney had made corporate changes, including the March announcement that longtime Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner (search) would leave the company in October.

A spokesman for The Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based gay rights advocacy group, said Disney continues to be one of more than 8,200 companies that offer domestic partner benefits to gay employees.

Southern Baptists also came out in support of stem cell research that did not require the destruction of human embryos or put them at risk in obtaining human stem cells.

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_frien...160382,00.html

Aren't the other Disney patrons sooooooo lucky

[BombaySapphire3]

The hypocrisy of this organization knows no bounds.A church that only in the last decade managed to renounce slavery should hang it's collective head in shame at any human rights violation instead of continuing to purvey their narrow minded brand of bigotry.It turns my stomach to know that these people and their ilk are at least partially responsible for Bush's horrific second term and the carnage that continues to accumulate.Very Christlike these people are eh?

[amber]

Lame.

[irishgrl]

Can I get an AMEN to Amber's farting smilie thingie?

btw girlie, Ive been meaning to compliment you on that AWESOME action shot of your kittie in mid leap! that is amazing!

[amber]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Can I get an AMEN to Amber's farting smilie thingie?

btw girlie, Ive been meaning to compliment you on that AWESOME action shot of your kittie in mid leap! that is amazing!

Thanks! It's quite the shot, yeah?

[SteveMacD]

Ironically, God actually came down to relay a message to these idiots:

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[estranged4life]

I was so hoping to frighten some Baptists (aka "Methodists that cant read") with a nice lil' image (It's unaltered, But looks kinda XXX if ya ask me) I found online of a scene from a Dis-knee movie:

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I was so hoping to frighten some Baptists (aka "Methodists that cant read") with a nice lil' image (It's unaltered, But looks kinda XXX if ya ask me) I found online of a scene from a Dis-knee movie:

That? Is so wrong

Oh - and I hear they've actually moved on to Ford - because apparently Ford Motor Company actually is quite good to gay folks...

[Mari]

Ow! Ow! Now I can use it! Ok, here goes..

[sparky]

I am expecting the entire world to have a press conference to inform the Southern Baptists that they are irrelevant backwards jackasses and no one cares what the hell they think.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by sparky

I am expecting the entire world to have a press conference to inform the Southern Baptists that they are irrelevant backwards jackasses and no one cares what the hell they think.

I think it is more like the head of those jerks has a six year old child or grandchild who he wants to take to Disney

[seeker007nmss]

Did Disney even notice? Even care? I doubt it made any sort of impact, except maybe want MORE people to go to piss offf the Baptists. The more the say you can't go here, read this, or buy this, the more people will want to. They haven't figured that out yet.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

Did Disney even notice? Even care? I doubt it made any sort of impact, except maybe want MORE people to go to piss offf the Baptists. The more the say you can't go here, read this, or buy this, the more people will want to. They haven't figured that out yet.

Of course not and its a all a numbers game to them. The gay travel industry is one of the most lucrative there is in that genre. So, of course, Disney is going to promote Gay Disney and do advertisement through the compassionate domestic partner benefits.

[mondaymornin1]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I think it is more like the head of those jerks has a six year old child or grandchild who he wants to take to Disney

Perhaps...

I, for one, have taken my family to Disney twice during the supposed "ban." And I'm a Baptist. So is my pastor, who went to Disney World last year.

Most Baptists I personally know don't represent this utter ridiculousness.