Interesting story on Tokyo Disneyland accommodating a lesbian couple's wish for a Disney wedding. However, it isn't the gay rights angle (Japan's behind the US curve on the issue) that intrigued me, but this passage-
Higashi, 27, and her partner could "marry" at the park, they were told, but only if they dressed "like a man and a woman." Park officials were worried that other visitors might be offended by the sight of two women in wedding dresses or morning suits.
The park relented on dress code after a storm of protest on Twitter and other social media — it had all been a misunderstanding by an individual employee, it said — but the couple will not be allowed to exchange vows in the park's chapel due to "Christian teachings."
That is very interesting to me, since Disney parks in the US are essentially God-free zones; their Main Street is one of the few without a church on it. It's not that Disney is anti-Christian per-se, but its universe has lots of magic and supernatural stuff and no bows to speak of to any organized religion.
Here's a nice piece on Tokyo Disney weddings, including shots of a very nice chapel on-site. Note that there is no cross or other Christian iconography to be seen. It lets couples have an American-looking wedding without any direct spiritual overtones.
That fits the Japanese love of American culture if not American theology; unlike Korea, which is plurality Christian, Japan hasn't found Jesus much, but they love the Santa side of Christmas and the pomp and decor of an American church for a wedding.
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