As much as I love Disney World...

Our children are influenced by more things that you will ever know. If I read the press release right it is a private service and why would the children be there in the first place. it's okay to be gay as long as your are prison in your own home? kids see clowns in a circus does that make them one? they see clowns in a circus much more than gays in a private chapel in disney where they might go once in their entire life.

mjsdls, I have to respectfully disagree with your posting. Why would you try to shelter your childred from gay people? As a gay man I know that the love that I have for my partner is no different that the love that you have for your own husband. Just because we both happen to be men does not mean that we are incapable of loving eachother as much as a heterosexual couple. I think that it is important for children to know that there are gay people in the world, and there is nothing wrong with that. Your children seeing a gay couple is not going to make them gay. Let them know that there are people who have different preferences that some, and that there is nothing wrong with that. When we can teach our children that there is no difference between straight and gay people then the world becomes much safer. It really is sad that there are places in the country where you could be killed because someone has that much hate. I know that you say you dont hate gay people, and I absolutly dont think that you do. But still remember that the world is a wonderfull place, and we are not all supposed to be the same.

I went to Disnety World a long time ago, probably about 20 years ago, & I didn't see any of what you refer to. I guess times have changed.

How can you possibly claim to "love gay people" and still spout this ridiculous nonsense. Do you have your gay friends over to your house and if so, what do you do with your children? Send them to their room? Do you instruct your gay friends on how they should behave? Also I'm sure if you asked any of those friends they'd be pretty quick to tell you that it's not a choice. I say fill the park with homosexuals, that way the judgemental bigots will stay away and all of us with an open mind can have a good time.

I personally do not have any respect for disney anyway. In life you cannot sheild your children from these things, times they are changing and it is better to take the chance to discuss this with the kids and tell them what ever you want them to know about it before they hear it from somewhere else. What do you really think disney can do about it anyway? It is not like they can ban gay people from the parks or from seeing mickey mouse. I do not care for disney but I think it is closed minded to hold something against them that they have no control over to begin with.

I would and will still take my kids to disney reguardless of if they have gay marriages. They have straight marriages there, so it's only fair in my opinion to have gay ones too. I would have no problem whatsoever with my kids seeing a gay or lesbian couple walking around disney or anywhere else. That is just my opinion, and to each their own I say.

Disney World is going to do what they want to do nomatter what anyone says, and I doubt that they will lose any type of buisness. i myself have nothing aganist gay marriages, it's their life and they live it the way they want and what makes them happy. S

I think gay people have every right to enjoy Disney as much as straight people. Your kids are not going to be influenced by seeing a gay couple. Do you think it turns you gay? It doesn't. Kids are pretty smart, and will see gay people in all walks of life, including the happiest place on earth.

Nothing we can do about it. It is a free country and people can do as they please. We can't tell them to keep their love life private and we can't tell them who to love. It's not right to tell someone to stop holding their partners hand out in public just because what others may think. It's time to just get over it all. Nothing we can do about it. I use to not agree so much, but now I just don't care anymore. Let them live their life.

I agree I don't hate gays either but Disney World is suppose to be for kids mainly. I think it is crazy that they have gay marriages there myself also. If Mr. Walt Disney was still alive he would feel ashamed of Walt Disney World.

I dont think we should ban gay people from showing affection in public. I get more grossed out by straight people sometimes. I have never seen gay people act the way we straight people do. My best friend is gay and I get really upset when people try to ban gay people from things. Personally I dont want my babies seeing anyones tongue in anyones throat straight or not.

You need to wake up and realize thet gays are going to be here, and gay marriage is happeningw hether you small minded, moralistic people like it or not. You may not hate gays, but you obviously don'tt reat them with the same respect you woulda hetero couple.

i don't see how you can make a comment like that and then say that you love gay people. seeing two guys together or two girls together is not going to influence your children. ask any person who is gay or lesbian, they weren't turned that way by seeing it, they were born feeling that way. if your kids could be influenced like that then how do gay couples raise straight children?

I am the worst to shelter my children (7 and 3), however, I think there is a difference between influencing them and exposing them to different things. I live in DC and we see it all. With that I think that we have to teach our children our values in the home, not on the streets.

Just because a child sees a man with a man, or a woman with a woman, doesn't mean that they will want to copy it. They may ask for an explanation but I'm sure there are a lot more straight couples there. If anything seeing that should help your child learn tolerance. I applaud Disney for taking such a bold step because I'm sure they faced a helluva lot of opposition.

"I do not hate gay people, I love them. I have many gay friends but this should not be to where our children are influenced" I'm sorry but that holds about as much water as a wet paperbag....IF you TRULY loved gays you wouldnt hold such a negative opinion as you do...."where our children are influenced"....so if you love gays so much what exactly are you trying to get across wiht that comment? Influenced? How?

And what exactly is wrong with gay marriages? Can you explain that to me? If gay people want to be as miserable as straight ones in marriage, then let them. And how are they influencing them??? Children are NOT gay because other people influence them. They are gay because it is biological. People *DO NOT CHOOSE* to be gay. Can you honestly tell me that a person would willingly be homosexual if they knew how much people hated them? No, a normal person wouldn't dare be something that everyone hated so much. It is purely not a choice to be gay. Also, scientists have proven that animals in the animal kingdom have shown signs of homosexual behavior. Surely, animals do not have choices either, since they have no conscious thought. If you truly loved your children, you would allow them to see how society works and to stop sheltering them. Children who grow up in a sheltered home, grow up to have horrible lives. They do not know how the real works and therefore, more likely to have bad people take advantage of them. Allowing them to know how the real world works, they are more apt to be more educated and not allow these people to take advantage of them so easily.

After reading all the responses you got I have to say my head is slightly spinning, I don't know where to start. Here is part of an article I read on gay "marriages" at Disney..."Disney had allowed gay couples to take part in its vow renewals program but excluded them from buying wedding packages by requiring a valid marriage license from California or Florida, which do not permit or recognise gay marriages." So this is not a technical marriage anyway, what's the big deal? Even if it were a lawful union I don't see what the big deal is. Homosexuals are allowed every right to happiness, and if a fairy tale ceremony at Disney is what makes them happy who are we to say no? Does this mean if I am at Disney with my sister and we are having a good time and holding hands I should be concerned that people will think we're lesbians? Last I checked gays didn't where tattoos on their foreheads proclaiming their orientation. What a terrible thing to have to explain to your child that two people in love are at Disney! What ever happened to teaching our kids tolerance?