9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
A character at Walt Disney World, it was surmised, was actually more than one might assume. AmericanFaith.com told the story of an unpleasant experience at the Wilderness Lodge Resort...it included a tweet from "wdwpro," which included this description:
A family has reached out to That Park Place claiming they spent over $300 on a character meet and greet dinner at Walt Disney World... only to discover the Evil Queen character was almost certainly a biological male. This represents the first time we've heard of Disney using a biological male to play an iconic biological female face character in the parks.
The American Faith article added:
“That Park Place,” a site devoted to Disney theme parks, reported that a family who dined at the Wilderness Lodge encountered the performer, as the father told the site “that the Evil Queen without a doubt had a man’s voice.”
“It was kind of loud inside so I couldn’t really hear what the character was saying until I got face to face (typical conversation distance of a few feet) and then it hit me that the Evil Queen without a doubt had a man’s voice,” the father told the site.
He added that he later spoke to a manger who stated “I can assure you that she is a woman.”
Obviously, the father had a different view. The article went on to highlight other troublesome gender incidents at Disney Parks:
In August 2023, Libs of TikTok posted a pair of images from visitors to Disneyland in Florida that showed two men wearing dresses and greeting small children and their parents.
In 2021, Disney decided to make its Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutiques at Disney World and Disneyland more gender inclusive by renaming its makeup and clothing stylists who turn little girls into princesses from “Fairy Godmothers in Training” to “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices.”
Commenters responded to Disney’s obvious and progressive change, calling it “completely unnecessary” and “overly sensitive.”
Fox 13 News reported several years ago:
According to Disney, the company is taking out all of its "gendered greetings" in their theme parks' recorded messages to promote a more welcoming environment for guests who do not identify with traditional gender roles.
In a video conference call recorded by City Journal writer Christopher Rufo, Disney's diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware explained that parkgoers will no longer hear "ladies and gentlemen" or "boys and girls" in the park's greetings.
"We provided training for all of our cast members in relationship to that. So now they know it's ‘Hello, everyone,’ or ‘Hello, friends,'" Ware said in the video conference call.
What seems to happen is that when you seek to accommodate a certain group of people, you end up offending another. And, people's sensitivities are so heightened these days that you have those who desire or think they deserve special treatment. In this age in which gender, as determined by God through our biology, is being redefined, it creates confusion and division.
And, this can be detrimental to a person's well-being. If a male believes he is a female trapped in the "wrong" body, I would think it can produce issues in the mind that leads to instability - there is a double-mindedness there. And, the Bible warns against what happens when a person is double-minded.
The war on gender is very real. As the situation concerning the recent comments by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker shows us, there is a push back on traditional gender roles and a Biblical viewpoint on gender. Real inner tranquility can come as we discover who God has made us to be in Christ and walk in His peace.
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