Gay Days 2015 - Help me a Dad Out

[jon18uk]

Whew!

I'm not in the conservative bucket myself -- with or without quotes. I just mentioned this thread to my kids, actually. At the same time, these were their responses, as to whether they would go to WDW on Gay Days:

DD7: Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I?
DS9: No way.

When I asked DS why he wouldn't, he said: "Duh -- because it would be more crowded!"

DS... my future WDW trip planner! LOL!

Best response I've seen on this

 

[Benbuck6]

To be fair, I don't think your OP was that out of line. You wanted a description of what to expect, people gave it to you, and it could have ended there. I have to object to later posters who say something like "I'm not going to tell my children gay people love each other, because it goes against my beliefs" that gets me riled up. That dog don't hunt.

Maybe I missed it but did the OP say he was staying away from Gay Days?

It doesn't matter - obviously, if you ask a question about it and want information the intolerant people on here are going to name call and judge and you will only get a few straight answers...its ok - lessoned learned, don't inquire about Gay Days or anything Gay and expect anything civil. thank God the Gay people I know in real life dont treat me this way.

yep - flame away past caring

PLEASE DELETE THREAD - ITS ASSANINE

 

[Reddog1134]

I don't think he would have started this thread if he weren't considering it.

To me, it sounded like he incorrectly assumed that gay couples were allowed to "cut loose" and he wanted to be prepared.

The problem with threads like this is that if someone shows the slightest hesitation about confronting gay topics with their children, they are branded a homophobe.

 

[Benbuck6]

You still don't get it. I give up. *headwall*



I don't think he would have started this thread if he weren't considering it.

Don't assume I don't get it. I do get what you are saying...I accept it. You refuse to learn about or from ANYONE else because you have figured it all out...I am under no assumptions I have, hopefully I will keep growing because I refuse to presume I get it and everyone else doesn't.

 

[AquaDame]

If your desire is to avoid your children knowing or asking questions about factual reality, you may want to put them in a bubble until they go to university.

...Also dangerous. Heaven forbid they are L/G/B and have serious issues because it was successfully kept from them... I feel so awful for the kids this happens to.

 

[aaarcher86]

Actually, I think that's Rainbow Dash. From My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Hahahaha omg. I'm incredibly ashamed of myself for that mistake!!

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

Do people even remember the original post?

1) I have questions/concerns - Don't judge just give me the appropriate info.
2) We raise our kids as conservative as we can and try and tackle issues in a planned/thoughtful way.
3) Saying that - what I don't want is some Extreme Right Homophobic telling me to stay away from Gay Days just to prove a point to Disney. Like I said, we are conservative for the most part but we are not nutcases.
4) We have been to WDW 6 times and see gay couples ALL the time. They are respectful and have NEVER put us in a position to have to have discussions with our kids that we didn't feel they were ready for.
5) Now to "Gay Days", I do not mind sharing WDW with ANY respectable person BUT I would like to be informed on my surroundings.
6) This is what I have heard - On one side... "Don't even worry about it, you don't even know its happening." The middle ..."That there are planned parks to attend for anyone wanting to participate in "Gay Days" and if I want to avoid those parks I can and wouldn't really notice much of anything different as a typical park day." And then to another side "WDW Gay Days is like going to a Gay Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras."
7) Just need to know the real deal. What people do in their bedroom is their business...I got enough issues to try and figure out that one and pass judgement on it...but trying to raise my kids is mine, and the encounters we have with homosexual couples at wdw in the past have been nothing but class act. What I don't want is to put a 3 yr old or 5 yr old in a position to ask questions that I feel they simply wouldn't understand the answers...

Sorry for the list form but its how I think. and any help would be great.

He has said that he had no problem with any of the couples he had encountered in the past and that he doesn't really care what they do. He then also said that he had heard conflicting reports on what goes on during that week at WDW and just wanted to hear what other people had experienced so he knew what to expect. Personally, I can understand why he wouldn't want to take a 3 year old and 5 year old to something similar to "a Gay Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras." For the record, I wouldn't want to take children to a Straight Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras, either. It seems to me that he just wanted to know if the reports that it was all perfectly normal and just like every other week were the norm or if the mardi gras thing was real. People answered that it was the former much more than the latter and then many chose to jump on and make assumptions that he hates gays and wants to be far far away from them. A point, by the way, that he had already addressed in his first post. So, can we please all just get over it, move on, and get back to discussing FP+, MDE, and what they are going to be doing to Maelstrom?

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

Hahahaha omg. I'm incredibly ashamed of myself for that mistake!!

I just thought that they had changed what Starlite looked like. And can we all agree that Starlite was pretty much the best equine sidekick in the history of the world?

 

[Reddog1134]

Hahahaha omg. I'm incredibly ashamed of myself for that mistake!!

Fixed

 

[heartse]

Do people even remember the original post?

He has said that he had no problem with any of the couples he had encountered in the past and that he doesn't really care what they do. He then also said that he had heard conflicting reports on what goes on during that week at WDW and just wanted to hear what other people had experienced so he knew what to expect. Personally, I can understand why he wouldn't want to take a 3 year old and 5 year old to something similar to "a Gay Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras." For the record, I wouldn't want to take children to a Straight Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras, either. It seems to me that he just wanted to know if the reports that it was all perfectly normal and just like every other week were the norm or if the mardi gras thing was real. People answered that it was the former much more than the latter and then many chose to jump on and make assumptions that he hates gays and wants to be far far away from them. A point, by the way, that he had already addressed in his first post. So, can we please all just get over it, move on, and get back to discussing FP+, MDE, and what they are going to be doing to Maelstrom?

 

[plumsiren]

Do people even remember the original post?

He has said that he had no problem with any of the couples he had encountered in the past and that he doesn't really care what they do. He then also said that he had heard conflicting reports on what goes on during that week at WDW and just wanted to hear what other people had experienced so he knew what to expect. Personally, I can understand why he wouldn't want to take a 3 year old and 5 year old to something similar to "a Gay Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras." For the record, I wouldn't want to take children to a Straight Pride parade in New Orleans on Bourbon St during Mardi Gras, either. It seems to me that he just wanted to know if the reports that it was all perfectly normal and just like every other week were the norm or if the mardi gras thing was real. People answered that it was the former much more than the latter and then many chose to jump on and make assumptions that he hates gays and wants to be far far away from them. A point, by the way, that he had already addressed in his first post. So, can we please all just get over it, move on, and get back to discussing FP+, MDE, and what they are going to be doing to Maelstrom?

Just to clarify for myself, my objection wasn't to the original post - which I completely understood - but to the subsequent "DON'T TELL ME HOW TO RAISE MY KIDS" etc. responses.

 

[MichiganDVC]

It doesn't matter - obviously, if you ask a question about it and want information the intolerant people on here are going to name call and judge and you will only get a few straight answers...its ok - lessoned learned, don't inquire about Gay Days or anything Gay and expect anything civil. thank God the Gay people I know in real life dont treat me this way.

yep - flame away past caring

PLEASE DELETE THREAD - ITS ASSANINE

Inquiring about Gay Days is fine. Mentioning that you raise your kids in a conservative environment and then explaining that there are things you don't want to have to explain to your kids (ie: gay people) implies plenty to anyone who can read. I don't think you were really called any names. I don't necessarily think you were "judged" either. But sorry, the entire nature of your post implied that you think there is something wrong with homosexuality and people took offense to that. If that's not true, then you didn't do yourself any favors by yelling at people 23 posts in:

"I DO NOT WANT OPINIONS ON HOW TO RAISE MY KIDS OR WHAT TO TELL THEM!!! Sorry for yelling...I am just asking for a "what to expect."

If all you wanted was answers to your questions, you could have said thanks and left the thread after you read them. Your questions were answered within the first 10 posts... Instead, you're here to the bitter end calling people intolerant.

FYI - Did you know that there is a subforum for Gay and Lesbian at Disney? Perhaps you could have asked your question there?

 

[Benbuck6]

Its really ok, I should have known better...I should have simply asked who has been and messaged someone willing to talk openly about it - instead of open forum...my fault, I'll take the blame.

 

[plumsiren]

Inquiring about Gay Days is fine. Mentioning that you raise your kids in a conservative environment and then explaining that there are things you don't want to have to explain to your kids (ie: gay people) implies plenty to anyone who can read. I don't think you were really called any names. I don't necessarily think you were "judged" either. But sorry, the entire nature of your post implied that you think there is something wrong with homosexuality and people took offense to that. If that's not true, then you didn't do yourself any favors by yelling at people 23 posts in:

"I DO NOT WANT OPINIONS ON HOW TO RAISE MY KIDS OR WHAT TO TELL THEM!!! Sorry for yelling...I am just asking for a "what to expect."

If all you wanted was answers to your questions, you could have said thanks and left the thread after you read them. Your questions were answered within the first 10 posts... Instead, you're here to the bitter end calling people intolerant.

FYI - Did you know that there is a subforum for Gay and Lesbian at Disney? Perhaps you could have asked your question there?

There was even an almost identical thread on said subforum that remains one of the most-visited threads it's ever had: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1815981 That OP took the opportunity of having a patient community ready to answer questions and used it as a learning experience.

BTW, MichiganDVC, if you're not "family", you make an excellent ally!

 

[heartse]

Just to clarify for myself, my objection wasn't to the original post - which I completely understood - but to the subsequent "DON'T TELL ME HOW TO RAISE MY KIDS" etc. responses.

But that's the problem... He never said he would never deal with it... just that at his kids' ages it's not something that even needs to be brought up. He wasn't looking for ways to have the talk. Just wanted to know if it was a Pride parade situation, or an average park day with potentially some questionable sights, but really no worse than some things you might see on regular days.

 

[aaarcher86]

I just thought that they had changed what Starlite looked like. And can we all agree that Starlite was pretty much the best equine sidekick in the history of the world?

Starlight can not be changed!

I read the first post questioning the name and I was like "that's Rainbow Dash. What idiot said that was Rainbow Bright?!"

....me. It was me

 

[aaarcher86]

Fixed

A true, American hero.

 

[Reddog1134]

A true, American hero.

No, that's GI JOE. You're confused again.

 

[aaarcher86]

No, that's GI JOE. You're confused again.

Ahem... GI Jane.

 

[MichiganDVC]

There was even an almost identical thread on said subforum that remains one of the most-visited threads it's ever had: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1815981 That OP took the opportunity of having a patient community ready to answer questions and used it as a learning experience.

BTW, MichiganDVC, if you're not "family", you make an excellent ally!

Clearly, I'm family.