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BOYCOTT OF DISNEY COMPANY

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Overview:

An initial boycott of the Disney Company _1,2 was organized by the Catholic League. ₃ They objected to a movie "Priest" which had been released by Miramax Co. in 1995. A year later, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), disturbed at Disney's equal treatment of heterosexuals, bisexuals and homosexuals, threatened a boycott. ₄ Later that year, the Assemblies of God started an independent boycott. It was motivated by a wide range of concerns: a book, a movie, and theme park policies. ₅ In 1997, the SBC initiated its boycott. _6,7This was joined by a number of other agencies and denominations: one Muslim, two Jewish, one mainline Christian denomination and dozens of conservative Christian faith groups. By 2001-MAR, these boycotts remained in place, but are not particularly visible in the media.

Various of the boycotts were terminated in 2005.

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