95% of ‘faith-driven consumers’ turned off by Beauty and the Beast’s gay content: survey
A survey of 6,700 faith-driven consumers revealed that 95 percent of them are less likely to see Disney 's Beauty and the Beast remake due to its gay content. The group Faith-Driven Consumer released these results along with other data about how Christians view the Disney brand in light of the announcement that Beauty and the Beast will contain an " exclusively gay moment ." This moment occurs between the male characters Gaston and his manservant Le Fou. Le Fou is sexually attracted to Gaston . The survey was conducted by American Insights. It polled members of the "FDC community" online. Ninety-four percent "of Faith Driven Consumers are now less likely to spend money with Disney as a whole in light of the 'exclusively gay moment,'" FDC announced. Fifty-eight percent of consumers polled think the normalization of homosexuality was Disney's motivation for including the gay scene . Fifteen perce...