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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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10-27-2003, 07:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
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Our neighbors growing up were a catholic/baptist match. They agreed to raise all the boys as catholics and all the girls as baptists. The result was major confusion.
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Ok, now that's weird. 
And so was your situation, Don. That sounds like a bad priest. To get married I had to promise to do everything in my power to raise any kids Catholic. The most heat DF got to convert from "non-practicing" to "practicing" was when the priest gave him a little guilt over letting me go to church by myself. I actually don't mind going by myself, I always thought religion was a personal thing and I don't want the man I'm marrying to be uncomfortable. He respects my choices and that's good enough for me. I guess I should feel lucky that we don't have his family giving him grief for marrying me!
I'm glad you all liked the test. But a couple questions: What does "mainline" mean? And are Quakers really that common?
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10-27-2003, 08:24 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
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I'm glad you all liked the test. But a couple questions: What does "mainline" mean?
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I'm thinking middle of the road. Not left or right of center, not ultra conservative or ultra moderate.
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10-27-2003, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 16,825
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
I came up 100% Unitarian Universalism. Interesting! 97% Mainline to Liberla Christian Protestants and 96% Liberal Quaker. Only 68% Ba'hai which I have always been interested in. Thanks for posting this!
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10-27-2003, 08:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: jacksonville, fl usa
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 5,790
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
Great quiz, Rachel. I'm another mainline to conservative Christian/Protestant. I was raised Lutheran and still follow the Lutheran religion closely, as I have always felt comfortable sharing my beliefs in that setting. When DH and I first met, he said he was agnostic. He no longer claims that, and does talk about a Higher being...he requests prayers and has even gone to church on a few occasions. I think he is just not comfortable with organized religion itself, but would rather see people live their beliefs and faiths on a daily basis. We did get married in the Lutheran church (which he even suggested before I got the chance to say anything), and was comfortable with the service.
You really have a good hand on all this marriage stuff. Best wishes!
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10-27-2003, 09:18 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
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When DH and I first met, he said he was agnostic. He no longer claims that, and does talk about a Higher being...he requests prayers and has even gone to church on a few occasions. I think he is just not comfortable with organized religion itself, but would rather see people live their beliefs and faiths on a daily basis. We did get married in the Lutheran church (which he even suggested before I got the chance to say anything), and was comfortable with the service.
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This sounds very similar to what I'm experiencing--right down to him suggesting a church wedding. He has always adhered to his own moral code, but over the past three years has dabbled in monotheism but has yet to fully define his beliefs. But he's mentioned praying when people are sick, and asks me to pray for him when he could use a little help in certain situations. I don't see him going to church an awful lot, but I still don't think it's out of the question (he may accompany me to Midnight Mass or Easter Mass if I ever bothered to ask.) He went with me to a Catholic funeral and lived, so I guess that's good.
He also has a lot of respect for Native Americans and their beliefs and customs.
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10-28-2003, 08:40 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Mixed-Faith Marriages
Great topic!
This is one of the the biggest heartaches in my life. I am a Christian, and God is the most important thing in my life. Andy, on the other hand, does not believe much of anything, and therefore feels everything that I do with the church, youth group, etc., is an incredible waste of time. 
He was always good about letting me raise the boys in the church, but the cracks really showed when we went through tough times with them in the teen years. There was no united front as parents.
In short, I now completely understand why the Bible says not to be unequally yoked. If you are passionate about what you believe, and your spouse is not, or is passionate about another faith, it makes for some very difficult and trying times. |
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