Knight in shining Disney has slain its own homo-unfriendly dragon. The company will now allow same-sex couples the same privileges it affords straights — to be married at its theme parks.

We’d add to the inevitable chorus of gay blogs with our own, snarky “Tacky see as tacky do,” were this not exactly the sort of riduckculous thing we might do on a lark.

The turnabout came a surprise … almost as much as the original news (broken in March 2007 by Michael Jensen at AfterElton.com) about the company’s previous unmagical policy. After all, Disney has taken it on the chin (…) for equality and fair play regarding their domestic-partner benefits and other progressive policies.

Perhaps the house of the mouse will take on a Vegas-like nuptial notoriety during the attractions’ (unofficial) Gay Days, with homo after homo jumping the bedknob and broomstick, as it were, putting the fairy back in their fairytale connubials.

This article appears in April 6 • 2007.

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