[Nathans_Dad]

If you look at the word tolerance, it really simply means to allow something to occur. No where does it say you have to embrace the action you are tolerating. I can tolerate being in a boring lecture for hours on end, doesn't mean I enjoy it or like the speaker.

Unfortunately in our upside down, PC world tolerance has become synonymous with embracing a behavior. True tolerance would be to allow an action to occur without trying to prevent it. Simply allowing homosexual behavior to occur (since that seems to be the topic du jour) is no longer enough. We have to embrace that behavior or be labeled INtolerant.

A recent example comes to mind. My family recently traveled to Orlando to take the kids to Disneyworld. We chose our dates based simply on our work schedule. We made our reservations at a Disney resort property and booked our flights. About 2 weeks later a friend asked us if we were aware that we would be traveling to Disneyworld during "Gay Days". We had no idea this event was occurring.

The end result was a great trip, I did online research about Gay Days and found their schedule of events. We then simply avoided those areas on those days. Our resort was Shades of Green (which is a military run hotel on campus) so none of the participants were staying there (or at least if they were they weren't open about it).

Here's my concern. First, Disney chose to keep the park open during these times to the public. Gay Days is an unofficial event although it occurs on the same dates every year. Disney does not inform people at all about the event either on their website or anywhere else. Interestingly there is an evangelical Christian event as well at Disneyworld...strangely they choose to close the park and treat it as a private event.

I spoke with some folks who were staying at the Polynesian resort. They said that they walked into the resort with their kids to find a lobby full of flamingly gay men, many of them making out on the lobby furniture. Many were simply in their underwear. These men were not removed from the premises or asked to stop. I suspect the staff were afraid of being INTOLERANT.

Of course this group is probably a minority at Gay Days. We did run into several groups of men who were there for the event and they were all respectful and appropriate. Unfortunately there is the percentage that feels it is their duty to be as shocking as possible in order to encourage your TOLERANCE.