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What Parents (Don’t) Want from Disney

Dec 27, 2022John StonestreetLGBTLGBT

Disney has had a rough year. First came Turning Red, a film that lost the company $168 million dollars. In March, there was the dustup with Ron DeSantis over Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Then there was Lightyear, a summer box office failure, whose star boldly predicted that parents concerned with the film’s LGBTQ agenda would soon “die off like the dinosaurs.”  With market shares slumping, Disney recently fired CEO Bob Chapek and replaced him with his predecessor, Bob Iger. Writing for WORLD Opinions, Samuel D. James summed it up nicely: 

Whether or not its stock improves, the company has to reckon with the fact that stuffing children’s entertainment with sexual revolution shibboleths is bad for the bottom line. … As the world’s foremost creator of children and family entertainment, Disney’s LGBT signaling feels invasive in a way that typical Hollywood liberalism does not. 

Maybe it’s time for Disney to listen to the words of a particularly wise old baboon. “The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.”

President Biden Signs So-Called “Respect for Marriage” Act Into Law

Dec 14, 2022Jerry CoxLGBTLGBT, Same-Sex Marriage

On Tuesday President Biden signed the so-called federal “Respect for Marriage” Act into law.

The law does more than simply recognize same-sex marriage.

It puts faith-based adoption and foster care agencies who do not believe in same-sex marriage at greater risk.

The law also creates a private right of action that will have a chilling effect on the free exercise of religion nationwide.

This is a bad law that activists will weaponize against people of faith who believe marriage is supposed to be the union of one man and one woman.

Kroger Settles Religious Discrimination Case With Former Employees in Conway, Promises to Adopt New Policy

Dec 13, 2022Jerry CoxLGBTLGBT

Earlier this fall Kroger agreed to pay $180,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit with two former employees in Conway.

As part of the settlement, Kroger agreed to create a religious accommodation policy and provide better religious discrimination training to store managers.

In September of 2020 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against a Kroger store in Conway after two employees allegedly were fired for declining to wear rainbow-colored aprons at work.

According to the lawsuit, the employees believed the rainbow emblem was meant to endorse LGBTQ values and lifestyles, and felt that wearing it would violate their religious beliefs.

It may have taken two years, but it’s good to see a victory for religious freedom in this situation.

You can read the federal EEOC statement about the lawsuit here.

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