Southern Baptists Vote to Boycott Disney

The Southern Baptist Convention has voted to boycott Walt Disney Co. The boycott includes Disney theme parks and its ABC-TV subsidiary. The church is protesting what it calls Disney’s “gay-friendly” policies, including Ellen’s coming out on ABC. David Smith, a senior strategist for the Human Rights Campaign, commented, “Unlike the Southern Baptist Convention, most people of faith recognize that they can disagree over whether or not homosexuality is right and still agree that discrimination against gay people is wrong.”