Free Republic

Embassy Row: Gay diplomat an ‘insult’ Church leaders in culturally conservative Dominican Republic are outraged that President Obama nominated an openly homosexual activist to serve as ambassador to the Caribbean nation. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, Bishop Pablo Cedano and the Rev. Cristobal Cardozo, leader of the Dominican Evangelical Fraternity, are urging President Danilo Medino to reject the nominee, Chicago lawyer James Brewster. “It’s an insult to good Dominican customs,” Father Cardozo said last week. Bishop Cedano denounced the nomination for showing “a lack of respect,” and added cryptically:...

We are planning a vacation in the Caribbean this January or February. Prices in Mexico for the all-inclusives are so expensive, we started looking at Punta Cana or Puerto Plata in the DR.If you have been there, which one? What we enjoy most is laying around a pool or beach and snorkeling, sailing, etc. The place needs to be clean and the food safe, good quality and variety. We do not want to go to a fancy place. A couple of the places we are looking at are the Gran Ventana Resort and the Riu Bachata, both in PP. Any...