OK, religious conservatives. We know, sometimes it seems like there’s nothing Disney can’t do. They build amazing theme parks, they make inventive movies, they can freeze a man’s head in a vault and resurrect him when modern technology advances. But calm down: the one thing they can’t do — yet — is declare war.
Nevertheless, a crazy Christian group in Texas has decided that Disney (along with Apple, the NCAA, and “others”) have “finally come out of the closet and declared public war on the religious freedom of clergy and religious schools.”
That’s because the companies opposed HB 757, a bill in Georgia that would grant legal exemptions to religious people who want to mistreat LGBTs. It’s a terrible awful no-good law, and now that Governor Deal has vetoed it, snake-handlers are throwing a tantrum. (And the bad news is that the bill could come back in a special session, so it’s not dead yet. Appropriately for this Easter season, Like a magic best friend, it could still rise from the dead!)
There are plenty of reasons to accuse these companies of colluding with homosexuals: Apple is run by an openly gay man; Disney practically invented queer witches and furries; and the NCAA are a bunch of sweaty men grappling for balls. Gaayyyyyyy!
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But suggesting that the companies have “declared public war” on religion of any sort is pretty dumb. They’re simply expressing their corporate values: tolerance, diversity, inclusion. You know, all the stuff that “religious liberty” groups hate.
The “declared war” group calls itself “Texas Values,” which sounds like a 99 cent store, and they paint a grim picture of what might come next:
Will Disney now ban you from wearing a cross outside your shirt at their parks. Will a Catholic priest be forced to remove his white collar when he takes a picture with Mickey Mouse? This is how extreme the attacks now are on religious freedom.
Hahaha, no. Those are not things that happen. Those are made-up scenarios, fabricated from out of nowhere to scare people. Oh well, at least now we know what “Texas values” really are: lying.
Daniel-Reader
“Religious” groups who have turned religion into money-making ventures have declared war on Christianity – those that demand people discriminate in the name of Jesus, which is antithetical to the teachings of Christ.
paul dorian lord fredine
i’m sure their kids would be just as happy at the creation park. go there and save the rest of us the aggravation of having to contend with your sanctimonious bull.
woodroad34
The funny thing is that they can’t see themselves in that statement. The law they’re supporting does exactly what they “think” is going to happen to them. This is what happens to bullies who can’t bully–they know what they want so they’re aware it could happen to them.
Juanjo
Reminds me of the dweebs who are claiming that Facebook is censoring people’s religious posting like posting biblical texts etc. Totally made up.
Uncle Mark
YAWN…Pat Robertson (& friends) proclaimed that Disney declared war on Christianity since the 80s, when Disney didn’t stop “Gay Days” and again when Disney provided benefits to gay partners of employees. They have also railed against Disney embracing Harry Potter and the “glorification of witchcraft.” These self-righteous trolls have allegedly been boycotting and praying against Disney for decades, and yet Disney seems to thrive. (It certainly seems to fly in the face of their perverted “prosperity gospel” or God siding with them to smite their “wicked” brethren.)
Enjoy your impotent rage that, no doubt, permeates every one of your hateful “Texas Values.” Lastly, keep your “Texas Values” cow plop in Texas where they belong; the rest of us are tired your shoveling your “values” into our backyards.
Uncle Mark
@woodroad34: The Christianistas have been screaming victimization for decades, while stoning others. It’s amazing how necessary they find it to lie about Disney confiscating crosses, when we all know that if true, that hordes of Christianistas would sue Disney faster than you could say “Bake me a gay wedding cake.”
loren_1955
Christians declared and have been doing war against gays for almost 2000 years. Gays were an instrumental part of many societies. Early Christian leaders could not cope with the competition, so started the war. Low points include the Inquisitions where gays were hung, burned, tortured. And it continues to this day. To the Christians I often ask, when was the last time gays circled around a Christian to beat them sometimes to death? When have gays fired a Christian from their job or kicked them out of their home? How many gay homes have kicked out their Christian child some as young as 12 years old to survive on the streets as prostitutes and/or drug dealers or worse kill themselves? Have the gays spent literally millions of dollars and 1000’s and 1000’s of hours lobbying legislators to take rights away from Christians? Yet to this day things like this are happening to gays all the time. Now that protections and a balance is starting to happen, the hateful bigoted un-Christian ‘Christians’ are screaming foul. Me thinks they need to start acting and maybe even believing in what a true Christian is about…i.e. love all, something too many Christians seems to skip over in the bible.
BigWill
@Uncle Mark: Yes. If I were Disney, or the others, I wouldn’t even dignify this with a denial. I too remember when the Southern Baptist Association encouraged its members to boycott Disney and all its companies—which included ABC, part ownership of ESPN, etc etc—years ago. Of course, it failed…if any of its members even tried; you won’t find a bigger bunch of hypocrites than the Baptists (I was raised on that shit); they can’t stay faithful to their wives and out of the liquore stores, let alone boycott Disney movies and theme parks and everything on ABC.
GG
Question: What would Disney theme parks become if these “Texas Values” types stopped going there?
Answer: Truly the happiest places on earth.
LiamCregg
What really irritating in this pandering is that Disney Orlando hosts a annual 3-day Christian music festival, one of if not the largest in the country. We were at Magic Kingdom not knowing the festival was gearing up for later that evening. It was creepy, as the attendees started coming en-masse there was a decided militancy about many of the church groups there. It was very uncomfortable as I was there with my Huz and we got some serious shade thrown at us. S much so that we decided to get out of there quickly.