WorldNetDaily: Disney boycott suspended

That's right: the American Family Association has called off the boycott of Walt Disney Company and its affiliates, which they announced back in 1996. Today, they state:

• Disney has become "one of the less egregious perpetrators of the homosexual agenda." Translation: other companies have produced a lot more garbage of this nature than have Disney and their affiliates. The trouble is that Disney pretends to be a family-friendly company. If Twentieth-century/Fox or MGM or UA or Universal produces a bunch of trashy movies implying that gay is good and straight is crooked, so what? They never pretended to be anything other tha politically correct--or they haven't since 1996 (with the possible exception of Universal, with its theme parks in Florida and California). But when Disney does it, it's saying that gay is family-friendly. That's why we must hold an outfit like Disney to a higher standard.
• Michael Eisner is at the end of his road as Chairman-of-the-board and CEO. The AFA might have something here, because Michael Eisner, more than any other single man, has trashed the Disney name. Walt's nephew Roy has said as much in his long-standing campaign to blast him out of the high-backed chair.
• Disney is going to spin off Miramax, the movie unit responsible for some of Disney's trashiest titles of late.
• Here's the biggest crowd-pleaser, according to the AFA: Disney has jumped, big-time, into a popular kid-friendly franchise with strong Christian overtones: The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. Its first Narnia film, based on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (the first of the Narnia novels that Lewis actually wrote, though it's the second novel in the chronological sequence of Narnia events), is far enough along in production that the trailer is out. The movie is scheduled to release on December 9--just in time for Christmas, which is mighty good since it has a sort-of Christmas theme. (I've watched the trailer, and if this project is as impressive as this sample, then it could top even The Lord of the Rings.)

All right--maybe all these things are true. But does all that add up to a truly reformed company? I remain skeptical.