{"id":2410734,"date":"2025-03-06T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-disney-show-opens-with-prayer-by-christian-character-after-transgender-storyline-was-cut\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:03:19","slug":"new-disney-show-opens-with-prayer-by-christian-character-after-transgender-storyline-was-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-disney-show-opens-with-prayer-by-christian-character-after-transgender-storyline-was-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"New Disney Show Opens with Prayer by Christian Character After Transgender Storyline Was Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-disney-show-opens-with-prayer-by-christian-character-after-transgender-storyline-was-cut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disney has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">recently introduced<\/a> its first overtly\u2063 Christian character, Laurie, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-announce-first-netflix-series\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Announce First Netflix ...\">animated series<\/a> &#8220;Win or Lose,&#8221; marking a meaningful shift in its programming after nearly twenty \u2062years. The series, available \u200bon \u2064Disney+, relates to a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">youth \u2063softball \u2062tournament<\/a> and features Laurie struggling\u200c with self-confidence.\u200b in a poignant moment, she prays, seeking\u200c strength and \u200bexpressing her faith, a scene reminiscent \u2063of biblical scripture. \u2063This change occurs alongside \u200bDisney&#8217;s decision to remove a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">transgender storyline<\/a> from the series,likely reflecting a recognition of the \u2063preferences \u2063of its audience and the\u200b company\u2019s new direction. The introduction \u2063of a Christian character\u200d indicates \u2063a \u200cpotential alignment with the values of a significant portion of the American\u2062 public, who identify as Christian. This\u2063 step, while \u2063modest, is viewed as a positive \u200cmove\u200c towards\u2062 inclusivity for the Christian community within Disney&#8217;s content.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-complaints-show-definition-of-imminent-had-nothing-to-do-with-joe-biden-debacle\/\" title=\"Ukrainian Complaints Show Definition of &#039;Imminent&#039; Had Nothing to Do with Joe Biden Debacle\">apparent recognition<\/a> that the cultural landscape has shifted away from woke, Disney introduced the first overtly Christian character into its programming for the first time in nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/pixar-win-or-lose-christian-character-20202886.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> reported that a character named Laurie appears in the Pixar original animated series &ldquo;Win or Lose,&rdquo; which is airing on Disney+. That is the same series in which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-pulls-trans-storylines-upcoming-series-suggests-end-lgbt-themes-altogether\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender storyline<\/a> was cut.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Win or Lose&rdquo; is about a championship youth softball tournament. &ldquo;The first of the eight episodes opens with Laurie, a young girl struggling with self-confidence, alone on the bench, her hands clasped in prayer,&rdquo; the Chronicle said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dear Heavenly Father, please give me strength,&rdquo; Laurie prays. &ldquo;I have faith, but sometimes the doubt creeps in. &hellip; I just want to catch a ball or get a hit &mdash; for my team, of course.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disney deleted a trans scene and added their 1st openly Christian character in 2 decades <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/656XyyLyFP\">pic.twitter.com\/656XyyLyFP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1897438649735647566?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is somewhat reminiscent of a passage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark%209%3A14-29&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark, chapter 9<\/a>, when a father asked Jesus to heal his son &mdash; who was suffering from deafness and an inability to speak &mdash; &ldquo;if you can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you can! All things are possible for one who believes,&rdquo; Jesus responded. The father then cried out, &ldquo;I believe; help my unbelief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus spoke the word, and the boy was physically healed and freed from demonic oppression.<\/p>\n<p>Laurie&rsquo;s prayer is the first Christian reference in a Disney production since the &ldquo;Bridge to Terabithia&rdquo; in 2007, which &ldquo;featured the children Jesse and Leslie attending church together and discussing religion on their trip home,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/03\/win-or-lose-introduces-first-openly-christian-disney-character-after-almost-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDW News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a Disney spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-pulls-trans-storylines-upcoming-series-suggests-end-lgbt-themes-altogether\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> the reason the company decided to remove the transgender element from &ldquo;Win or Lose&rdquo; saying, &ldquo;When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The wording of the statement suggested that Disney has decided to remove transgender content from its animated content altogether going forward. What a welcomed change that would be.<\/p>\n<p>It is also a recognition that the United States remains a majority Christian nation. In fact, after decades of decline, the percentage has leveled off and grown slightly in recent years to 63 percent, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/358364\/religious-americans.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A new study from Pew Research found the number of people identifying as Christians is no longer declining.<\/p>\n<p>This rise among Christians comes primarily from adults born in the 1980s (older millennials) and people born between 2000-2006 (older Gen-Z) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kILjmAlOrZ\">pic.twitter.com\/kILjmAlOrZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1894752206647095724?\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A central truth held by the Christian faith found right in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%201%3A26-27&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genesis 1<\/a> is, &ldquo;So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2019%3A4&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reaffirmed<\/a> this truth, saying, &ldquo;Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female &hellip;?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s nice to see Disney coming around to respecting and honoring a large swath of the American faithful in its content. 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According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Laurie is featured in the Pixar animated series &#8220;Win or Lose,&#8221; now available on Disney+. This series, centered around a youth softball championship, previously had a transgender storyline removed. The first episode shows Laurie, a young girl struggling with self-confidence, praying for strength while sitting alone on the bench. Her prayer reflects her faith and desire to contribute to her team. This marks Disney&#8217;s first Christian reference since &#8220;Bridge to Terabithia&#8221; in 2007. A Disney spokesperson explained that they chose to eliminate the transgender element from &#8220;Win or Lose&#8221; because many parents prefer discussing such topics with their children at their own pace. This decision suggests that Disney may be moving away from including transgender content in future animated projects\u2014a change that some may welcome. Additionally, recent research indicates that Christianity remains prevalent in the U.S., with 63% of Americans identifying as Christians after years of decline. Overall, this development signals an acknowledgment of and respect for a significant portion of American believers within Disney&#8217;s content\u2014an encouraging step forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2410735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Disney-character-prays.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51691,50410,6344,11817,51692],"class_list":["post-2410734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christian-character","tag-controversy-2","tag-disney","tag-prayer","tag-transgender-storyline"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Disney-character-prays.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410738,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410734\/revisions\/2410738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}