The Republican governor of Florida picked a fight with the Walt Disney Co. the week before last after Disney belatedly proclaimed its opposition to the state's new "Don't Say Gay" law.
It was curious to a lot of folks that Disney's new CEO, Bob Chapek, initially hadn't wanted to get involved. Disney has long been seen as being on the right side of such issues, and it was even the subject of a failed boycott by the religious right more than 25 years ago after Disney offered health benefits to the partners of gay employees.
Chapek soon changed his mind after an employee revolt, and also announced the company would donate $5 million to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the country.
