June 3, 2009
Personal note:
The following email comes from my good friend David Caton, President and
Founder of Florida Family Association.
David has been exposing the following concern for a number of years and has
done a great service to American families.
Quoting David Caton in his recent email:
Gay Day at Disney exposes thousands of children to lifestyle, please send
your email
How would you feel if you entered the Magic Kingdom anticipating a normal
day of fun with your family only to witness thousands of same-sex couples
holding hands, hugging, kissing and wearing tee-shirts that promoted their
lifestyle?
That is what will happen on Saturday, June 6th at Disney World in Orlando,
Florida. If you know family, friends, church or school groups who are planning
to patronize Disney World on June 6th you may want to forward this email to
them.
Every year since 1991 Disney World in Orlando Florida has allowed thousands
of homosexuals, lesbians and transgenders to hold a coming out party in the
Magic Kingdom on the first Saturday of June. The first Saturday in June is
typically the first Saturday during the summer break from school when tens
of thousands (10,000s) of children are in the theme park.
A Florida Family Association team has attended Gay Day at Disney for many
years to witness the event and public reaction. It appears from the behavior
of Gay Day patrons that they were more intent on being seen rather than seeing
Disney World.
"We need to be seen in the heart of America's playground." A Gay
Day Patron told the FFA photographer.
Many Gay Day patrons wore shirts that promoted homosexuality, kissed, hugged
and groped in very public places and dressed in drag all to the curiosity
of tens of thousands of children.
The event has been very offensive to the general public. We witnessed thousands
of people who entered through the train station at the main entrance to the
theme park, who saw the large gathering of Gay Day patrons and turned around
and left the park. Our team took numerous pictures of offended guests. One
man with a family of fourteen from Brazil furiously sought out Disney personnel
who promptly gave him a handful of free passes. One of those Disney officials
informed us that they gave out 3,000 free passes just in the first two hours
of the event.
Why would Disney allow Gay Day to take place during regular operating hours
at the expense of offending tens of thousands of unsuspecting guests when
they require other special events to be held after normal operating hours?
Disney requires special events like Grad Night and Night of Joy to be held
after the Magic Kingdom's regular operating hours. Disney does this to avoid
having a large group of likeminded people in the park at the same time with
regular patrons who expect a normal day at the Magic Kingdom.
Florida Family Association has asked Disney officials to require Gay Day
to be held after hours, like Grad Night or Night of Joy, to avoid offending
unsuspecting families who traveled thousands of miles expecting a normal day.
We have prepared an email for you to send to encourage Disney officials to
require Gay Day to be held after regular operating hours.
Here are the email addresses:
robert.a.iger@disney.com Robert
A. (Bob) Iger, President, CEO
Tom.Staggs@disney.com Thomas O.
(Tom) Staggs, SEVP and CFO
marsha.reed@disney.com Marsha
Reed, VP
Suggested Subject Line:
Please require future Gay Days to be held after hours like other special
events
Suggested Email Message:
Please change your policy to protect unsuspecting families and children from
being forced as a captive audience to witness future Gay Days at the Magic
Kingdom.
We have learned the presence of Gay Day patrons is so obvious that thousands
of regular patrons have asked for return passes or left the park in prior
years. Since 1991, tens of thousands of families with children have been forced
to either endure Gay Day or otherwise abandon their once in a lifetime plans
to visit the Magic Kingdom.
As a private property owner in the State of Florida, Disney World certainly
has the right to adopt and enforce company policy that would do a better job
at protecting thousands of children from being forced to watch the revelry
of Gay Day patrons. You do it for Grad Night. You do it for Night of Joy.
You can do it for Gay Day.
Please stop this offensive event from occurring in the midst of thousand
of children by requiring that it be held after regular operating hours when
thousands of children will not be in the park. Thank you.
The Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-9722
Phone: 818-560-1000
Fax: 818-560-1930
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A special thanks to David Caton and Florida Family Association.
To contact David --
www.Floridafamily.org
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American Decency Association
Bill Johnson, President
P.O. Box 202
Fremont, MI 49412
ph: 231-924-4050
http:// www.americandecency.org
