Disney Quality

My boy playing the trombone at Disneyland, California.







Here is more on this topic.

http://mymallandnews.bizland.com/COL073.html

Disney Marries Mr. Smee and Captain Hook

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Starting at $8,000, Disney is now offering same-sex couples a fairy-land wedding, complete with a Cinderella coach and Disney characters mingling with the guests.




(I took this picture of Mr. Smee, Captain Hook, and a nose-picking Cinderella on the SS Disney Magic in 2004.)

I've always been impressed with Disney and I use the catch-phrase "Disney quality" to encourage my kids to do their very best. I'm sure likewise such wedding will also be Disney quality. But I do think that gay day events are pushing the envelope. As gay blogger Pete Werner writes, such displays have degenerated in recent years into "a vile spectacle of self-indulgence and indeceny."

"I can’t help but think of, and feel sorry for – the unsuspecting family who saved for years for a once in a lifetime trip – only to arrive and find that Disney had in fact, been invaded by he-women and shaved down muscle boys. By itself that would not be a problem, but the sheer number of people who seem to go out of their way to rub their sexuality in everyones face during this ‘event’ is nothing short of disgraceful. Is the Magic Kingdom REALLY the place for a 5 year old to ask his father why those two men are kissing? Is it really up to any person to decide for that parent when, or if, they will have that conversation with their child? I don’t like it when I hear pompous windbags telling me I’m going to burn in hell for being gay, and I’m sure most of the free world would appreciate a visit to Disney World that did not include the vision of grown men in go-go shorts, and ads for lubricant prominently displayed throughout the host hotel. "

I have to agree with Mr. Werner. There is everything wrong with that.