Walt must be turning over in
his grave.
Second Homosexual Event Scheduled at
Disney World
By Susan
Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
January 08,
2004
(CNSNews.com) - The Family Pride Coalition announced it has
picked Father's Day weekend, June 17-20, for its first-ever gathering at Walt
Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
"This official Family Pride event...has
been specially designed for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)
parents and their families," the group said in a press release.
The
Family Pride gathering will take place two weeks after "Gay Days" at Disney
World -- an annual June event since 1991.
Family Pride said its weekend
will include a welcome reception, educational workshops presented by the Family
Pride Coalition, a family dance, a kids' night out, family brunches, the Family
Pride Coalition's 25th anniversary gala dinner, and all the fun of the Walt
Disney World Parks and Resorts' attractions.
"Disney has been a wonderful
support in the planning of a very special and exciting weekend for our
families," said Aimee Gelnaw, executive director of the Family Pride
Coalition.
The Family Pride Coalition, an advocacy group, says it is
dedicated to advancing the well-being and the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgendered parents and their families through mutual support, community
collaboration, and public understanding.
Conservative groups have long
blasted Disney World for its annual Gay Day event, which is not sponsored by
Disney World, but which is implicitly endorsed by the Disney people,
conservatives complain.
Critics are troubled that Disney allows its name
to be used in connection with the "Gay Days" event.
"Let's be honest,"
Christian Action Network President Martin Mawyer told CNSNews.com last
year. "Disney would never allow an event to be called 'KKK Days at Walt Disney
World...Disney would use every legal muscle within their power to have their
name removed from that event."
