Southern Baptists end Disney boycott over benefits to gay workers

LAST UPDATE: 6/22/2005 5:52:13 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Southern Baptists ended an eight-year boycott of the Walt Disney Co. for violating "moral righteousness and traditional family values" in a vote on the final day of the denomination's annual convention Wednesday.

"We believe for the boycott to be effective, it had to have a beginning and an ending," said Gene Mims, chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention committee that put the Disney resolution before some 12,000 members at the meeting.