Article: BLATANT BIGOTRY IN NAME OF CHRIST.(Editorial)(Column)

Byline: Marianne Means Hearst Newspapers

Mickey Mouse is married to Minnie, not Maurice. Alladin was definitely in love with a lovely princess, not a prince, and the Lion King mated with a flirtatious lioness.

But the Southern Baptist Convention has decided the famous Walt Disney characters are not sufficiently family-oriented for its nearly 16 million members. The church group threatens to boycott Disney parks, movies and products on the grounds that Disney has``given the appearance that the promotion of homosexuality is more important than its historic commitment to traditional family values.''

What? You could have fooled most Americans, who ...

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