Posted on 04/17/2007 12:49:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A summer cruise for gay and lesbian families organized by Rosie O'Donnell has cut Bermuda from its planned itinerary because of possible protests by church groups in the British island territory.
O'Donnell's charter company said it wanted to avoid the type of protests that greeted passengers when one of its cruises stopped in Nassau, Bahamas, in 2004.
The tour is scheduled to leave New York in July on a ship owned by Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line. But the charter company, R Family Vacations, said on its Web site that it would replace the Bermuda stop with two other ports of call in Florida.
In the statement, the company said Bermuda's prime minister had assured them they would be welcome as tourists and they had also received hundreds of supportive e-mails from people who live in the wealthy British enclave.
Still, organizers felt they could not be certain there would be no protesters greeting them upon arrival. "We feel that our cruise would be more enjoyable with an alternate itinerary to ports where we know we are welcome by everyone."
In 2004, about 100 protesters chanting anti-gay slogans met one of the company's cruises when it arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, with about 1,150 passengers.
O'Donnell, 45, is a co-host on ABC's "The View."
R Family Vacations has offices in Nyack, N.Y. It was founded by Gregg Kaminsky and Kelli O'Donnell, partner of the talk-show host.
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Just when you think the sleaze cannot get any deeper....
So long as they don't sing "Yo HO HO anna bottle of rum", nobody will get fired.
They can sail to Boston, where same sex marriage is legal. Why do they feel the need to generate all this publicity, and have this cruise, and go places where they may not be welcome?
Let her and everyone just live their life but, Rosie, don’t get in our face about it.
So the PC cry is "Yee-hee-hee and a bottle of rum?"
That’s one cruise that there is pretty much 0% chance of any babies resulting 9 months later.
Note that her “partner” shares her last name...or is that merely a coincidence?
Did you hear what Rosie said today about President Bush? That it took him only a day to go to Blacksburg, but a week to go to New Orleans after “Katrina”? Good Lord.
You remember that storm, don’t you? The nation’s first black hurricane, controlled by President Bush and Karl Rove.
BTW, has President Bush been blamed yet for the shooting at VA Tech?
Sweepers MAN your brooms.
Trice up the monkey's fist.
Air bedding and scuttlebutt.
Cheney’s to blame for this one.
The rotund one should seek professional help....licketysplit!
Citizens of the different Caribbean nations and outlying areas do not generally accept gay people.
Yeah Rosie, well NOLA was kind of destroyed and Blacksburg was within driving distance.
They should change the stopover to 3-4 ports in the middle east. Then they would see protests. But they won’t. They want to be able to criticize Christians!
In Bermuda, it is illegal for gays to show affection in public.
Guess they don’t want to become the next Key West.
I’m praying for a rogue wave.It the ship is then undamaged,at least these carpet munchers will get a bath.
I wouldn’t bet on 0%.....
Hmmm... maybe I’ll add Bermuda to my list of possible summer vacationing spots.
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