A Lesson for Christian Companies from the Disney Debacle

by Dave Kahle

    By now, most people are aware of the “Disney Debacle.”  Here’s a quick review:  The Florida legislature passed the Parental Rights In Education bill.  Here’s what the bill said:

“(The Bill)…reinforces fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding upbringing & control of their children; prohibits school district from adopting procedures or student support forms that prohibit school district personnel from notifying parent about specified information or that encourage student to withhold from parent such information; prohibits school district personnel from discouraging or prohibiting parental notification & involvement in critical decisions affecting student’s mental, emotional, or physical well-being; prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels; requires school districts to notify parents of healthcare services; authorizes parent to bring action against school district to obtain declaratory judgment; provides for additional award of injunctive relief, damages, & reasonable attorney fees & court costs to certain parents.”

            Some advocates for the LGBTQ community seized on the section of the bill that prohibits teaching sex orientation to children in kindergarten through third grade, and condemned it, calling it the Don’t say Gay bill.

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            That, of course, caused a furor among social media as people reacted to the catch phrase.  The Disney corporation then decided that it did not want to have anything stand in the way of teaching sexual orientation to kindergarteners  and came out publicly in opposition to the bill.

            It turns out that the Disney Corporation was enjoying a unique and preferred situation in Florida.  In 1967 the legislature created a special district that allowed Disney to govern itself, instead of being subject to the rules and authority of the local government. (Reedy Creek Improvement District) ^(2). 

            The Florida Legislature, in reaction to Disney’s position, passed a bill to eliminate the special district.

            This article is not about the pros and cons of the bill, nor about the Florida legislature, nor about the position of the Disney Corporation.  It is about a lesson we can learn from this sequence.

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