Is Disney's new LGBT bent beastly or a beauty?

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Bill Condon, director of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" film, once said in an interview that he prefers to "rip pages out of the Bible" when he checks into a hotel. Combine this with the celebration of Disney's first gay character as well as its first onscreen gay kiss, and you have a company moving away from the family values that made it so successful, maintains Jeff Hunt, vice president of Colorado Christian University, Denver.

"Embracing and applauding these changes are LGBT activists. They are calling the film 'a wonderful step forward,' 'progress,' and applaud the characters 'coming into their sexuality.' Apparently, 'coming into your sexuality' is acceptable for a PG rating.

"Moreover, some activists are saying it's not enough and they want 'an actual queer love story from Disney in the future. There is no doubt that Disney is heading in this direction.

"As Christian Americans who...