am i the only person that sees straight couples snogging like mad in all the ques....especially space mountain...and there is always some greasy guy with his hand up th back of his girls shorts right in front of me!!!eeeeeeeewwwww ...
I don't think anyone is actually asking for a 'straight' day. The issue is that is it really appropriate to have a day where emphasis is placed on sexuality (of any kind) in what is essentially a place for families and children. I can't say I enjoy watching couples all over each other in queues, but to me it's just bad luck, like ending up behind someone smoking in the Paris parks. It'll happen every so often, but I can't say it's ever really stuck in my mind. And when, at most, it happens twice during a visit, if parents don't want their kids asking questions, they can generally distract their attention away from it. But when there's a day where sexuality is the chief draw, the likelihood of 'something inappropriate' happening is surely likely to be repeated more often within the same period. Sure they have to learn sometime, and be free to form their own opinions on the issues, but surely you can understand why parents don't want that happening on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday they've probably been saving months/years for?
I'd be more than happy from people to express their love, in an suitable manner, for their partner in front of any kids I had in my charge be they straight or gay. I don't see how it is any worse that daddy kisses his boyfriend in front or his kids than daddy kisses his girlfriend in front of his kids.
I think there is a place for gay days at WDW. However, when they involve, as was mentioned, overt sexuality, I believe there isn't. Don't get me wrong, I see nothing wrong with gay people visiting the parks, not even in large numbers (believe me... I really really dont...) But when anyone, be it boy/girl, boy/boy or girl/girl starts getting it on in a park, they should be slapped and told to grow up. I dont mind the odd peck on the cheek etc. but when a couple starts mauling the face off each other, I just want to shout "GET A ROOM" at them... To have to put up with anyone smooching when you're a captive audience (e.g. in a queue) is irritating, rude and often, repulsive - be it straight, gay or in-between. I had to put up with one couple exchanging saliva for 10 bloody minutes the other day in the library. Bwarg. KC
excatly KC, that is what i was trying to say but my bad comand of the english language ment it didn't come through as well sorry
i demand a hemaphrodite, gay, hunchback, yodelling banjo playing amazonian dwarf day at Disney !!!!!!!!! Oh wait, thats on the 27 August, i worked that day....brilliant
I think everyone is forgetting these scenes can happen anywhere and whats so different about 2 guys kissing or whatever than a guy and a girl. In this day and age its a social norm for it to happen and if kids see 2 guys kissing maybe it will de-sensitise them and we wont have hate crimes and discrimination. Isnt that what disney is about everyone is equal. You cant expect gay people to stay in their houses when they want to show each other some affection it would again become a taboo subject if it went back to the days where we had to do it behind closed doors. As a gay man myself im dissappointed reading this and believed that society had accepted the gay community there is nothing wrong with 2 people being in love gay or straight and public displays of affection by anyone can be percieved as unpleasant so why single out one sub-culture? Mike
Also need to add that i think gay day and other events, ie mardi gras aren't a way of drawing attention to the differences between straight and gay couples, but are juts a way of celebrating diversity. ive been to a few mardi gras events and straight people arent exiled but welcomed and ebraced. its not a celebration of sexuality but diversity and freedom. There should just be a ban on all public displays of affection makes me ill when im n the queue for a ride and ive got anybody groping each other... eww.. maybe im a tad jealous but eww!!
You're Welcome Mike :-*..... Oh hang if public displays of affection are banned am I still permitted to blow kisses at you? :-\
I'm not gay but don't really have an issue with this if its only in one park....not really going to hurt anyone, is it?
