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Reasonable Faith Podcast

A Disturbing Trend at Disney

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Craig is troubled by developments at Disney corporation.

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0:00.0

Well, Bill, the Disney Corporation has been very vocal in opposing a Florida bill that

0:25.1

forbids teaching transgender issues to young students, kindergarten through third grade, and

0:32.2

an in-house video of one of their corporate meetings has gone viral. They're very blatant

0:38.3

about making Disney productions more LBTQ plus, in particular promoting transgenderism

0:46.5

by introducing more queer lead characters, as they put it, and eliminating references

0:52.3

to boys and girls and ladies and gentlemen at the theme parks. So, over the PA or in

0:59.0

their scripting, they will no longer use references, boys and girls or ladies and gentlemen.

1:04.9

You know, Bill, I know it costs for speculation, but do you have any idea why this is so important

1:09.9

to our more liberal and leftist friends?

1:14.6

I've puzzled over this myself, Kevin, and if I try to put myself into their shoes and

1:22.7

try to think as they do, I suspect that it has something to do with the deep American

1:31.0

commitment that we have to individual liberty. If there's one thing that we Americans

1:37.6

prize, it is our individual liberty to do as we want so long as we're not hurting others.

1:48.7

And that therefore any attempt by the government or other organizations like the church to put

1:56.5

restrictions on our liberty is regarded as anathema. And so, I think from the liberal perspective,

2:05.1

you see this in the debate over abortion, that a woman should have this liberty to choose

2:14.2

to abort her unborn baby if she wants to, and similarly with regard to sexual orientation

2:22.1

or gender issues. This is a matter of individual liberty. It's one's own choice. Now, I can

2:29.1

understand that, Kevin, but I think what bothers me so much about the Disney episode is that in

2:36.9

this case it's not about adults making individual choices for themselves. No one is trying to inhibit

2:47.1

that. Rather, what this is about is influencing children. It is attempting to mold or shape the

2:58.3

attitudes and even perhaps the gender or sexual orientation of innocent children. And that I just

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