Top Stories of 2004: Christian Group Determined to Warn Public About Disney's 'Gay Days'
by Jenni Parker
December 28, 2004
(AgapePress) - A Christian activist group has developed a three-point strategy to warn unsuspecting families coming to Orlando, Florida, about the very family-unfriendly homosexual pride festival known as "Gay Days at Walt Disney World."
The Christian Action Network (CAN) is engaging in an all-out effort to inform families, school groups, and others of what they can expect from the homosexual event long before they enter the so-called Magic Kingdom. The group plans to use literature, road signs, and even a mobile advertisement to get the word out about the offensive and often X-rated goings on at the Walt Disney World theme park during Gay Days, which CAN says is scheduled for June 3-6, 2004.
Martin Mawyer, president of CAN, calls the public information campaign "a victory for unsuspecting families who do not want their children exposed to homosexual nudity, fondling, groping, kissing, and sex acts." And, he adds, "it is a defeat for the Disney Company, which refuses to notify them."
Mawyer notes that CAN has been asking Disney officials for six years to warn unsuspecting families and groups arriving during Gay Days, but the company has refused. Now, he says, since Disney has refused to issue a warning, CAN will.
In order to educate the public about Gay Days at Walt Disney World, the Christian group will take a three-pronged approach. The effort involves posting large road signs around the Orlando area that read: "Warning! Gay Days at Disney in June"; having a van drive up and down Interstate 4 with a similar warning and the specific dates of the homosexual celebration; and distributing pamphlets at the Orlando International Airport informing families about the kinds of things to which families and children would be exposed in public areas of the park during the homosexual celebration.
The pamphlet gives a detailed listing of some of the decadence actually scheduled for this year's Gay Days, including a homosexual parade, a "Gay and Lesbian Youth Meeting," poolside and "Foam" parties, and events described as "Taboo Magic Hour," "Lesbo-a-Go-Go," and "Pixie Flix" for "homo-Nuerotic fun." The literature also notes that extreme nudity and sex acts are to be expected at many of these events, and tells potential visitors to be aware that anyone wearing red clothing may be taken for a participant in the homosexual celebration.
"Our warning program will definitely be more effective and sweeping than anything Disney would volunteer to do," CAN's president says. In fact, he feels the information campaign is an even better solution than the company posting warning signs at the entrance of the park.
"The strategy of Christian Action Network will warn these families long before they reach Disney entrance gates," Mawyer says, "and it will give thousands of families an opportunity to revise their plans in Orlando."
CAN has been working for a number of years to raise awareness about Gay Days and to advocate for an end to the anti-family event. Members of the Christian group operate an additional activism site called StopGayDays.com, which contains links to shocking photographic evidence of the public indecency that characterizes these events and a listing of similar Gay Days activities at theme parks and resorts all over North America.
Last August the group released an exclusive original video recording called "Gay Days at Disney Gone Wild!" at a national press conference in Washington, DC. The 12-minute video documented the first six years of Disney's Gay Days celebration, depicting graphic footage of public nudity, drug use, homosexual kissing, fondling, and sex acts -- and even Disney cast members engaging in homoerotic performances. Also documented on the tape is testimony from a family that witnessed an explicit pornographic film shown on a Disney Cruise-Line bus. CAN has continued its efforts to warn the public by presenting the video to local media, pastors, church and civic leaders.
Mawyer says it is unfortunate that the group has had to embarrass Disney by publicly showing the tape, but the pro-family advocate says the company has no business allowing its name to be attached to Gay Days.
