* What about church buildings on the ethical and doctrinal left? There are at the least 10 Episcopal church buildings that encircle the Disney kingdom. Is there a particular parish that hosts the work of the official LGBTQ Episcopal community often called “Integrity”? What sorts of ministries do Episcopalians provide Disney personnel?
The identical query can then be requested about different doctrinally progressive Protestant our bodies, such because the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Methodist Church (or the liberal facet of that physique) and others.
* It’s clear that there are highly effective LGBTQ networks contained in the Disney institution (based mostly on imprecise references to them in information protection). How “official” are a few of these teams? Have they got names and officers? Official spokespersons, maybe?
If that’s the case, what are these folks really saying and doing proper now, each by way of work to oppose the Parental Rights in Schooling invoice and work to form the merchandise produced by Disney, Inc.? I feel it might be shallow and simplistic to imagine that these networks are strictly “secular,” by way of their targets and motivations. Are these teams making statements which might be, actually, legitimate “information” in and of themselves?
Think about this story from The Day by day Mail, regarding the views of a key Disney government on issues of gender and sexuality.
A Disney government in control of content material vowed to up the ante on gender politics throughout an all-hands assembly, promising that at the least half of the characters in its productions will likely be LGBTQIA or from racial minorities by the tip of the 12 months.
Common leisure president Karey Burke stated throughout a company-wide Zoom name that Disney should do extra to be extra inclusive. The decision was a part of Disney’s ‘Reimagine Tomorrow’ marketing campaign which guarantees that 50 % of characters and content material could be from underrepresented teams by 2022.
In the meantime, Disney’s range and inclusion chief Vivain stated that they now not deal with theme park guests as ‘girls and gentleman, girls and boys’ however as a substitute as ‘dreamers’ and ‘buddies’.
Burke choked up throughout Monday, saying the problem hit near house due to her youngsters.
‘I am right here because the mom of two queer youngsters, really, one transgender youngster and one pansexual youngster, and likewise as a frontrunner,’ she stated.
Throughout the identical all-hands assembly, tv animation government producer Latoya Raveneau gushed about Disney’s inclusivity and boasted about ‘including queerness’ to exhibits and productions.
Sure, I notice that this story ran in The Day by day Mail. Has every other newsroom lined this angle of the story — which is related due to Disney’s high-profile position in your complete “Don’t Say Homosexual” marketing campaign?
I might assume not, since this seems to be a “conservative information” angle that would stir feelings on the cultural proper, despite the fact that it facilities on public (or social media) feedback by highly effective leaders on the cultural left.
I might additionally assume that the entire religion-news hooks I described above could be shoved into the identical “conservative information” area of interest (even when overlaying spiritual teams on the left), partly as a result of I’m assuming that spiritual beliefs and traditions have one thing to say about these “parental rights” debates. These tales don’t match the political template that shapes this protection.
Let me state the query immediately: Are the views of “Disney employees” related if (a) they’re linked to spiritual beliefs and traditions, on the left or the precise, and (b) battle in any means with “Don’t Say Homosexual” themes on this story?
Simply asking.
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