Posted on 03/23/2005 6:32:54 PM PST by Pharmboy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A gay and nudist cruise was barred from stopping at the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis on Wednesday after authorities said the group would offend local customs. A police patrol boat stopped a Windjammer Barefoot Cruises ship carrying 110 passengers on a six-day cruise as it was approaching Charlestown, Nevis, the ship's captain Cornelius Plantefaber said.
Plantefaber said three officers boarded the ship and demanded he accompany them to a meeting onshore that lasted an hour with port authority, police, customs and immigration officials.
The Nevis port authority confirmed that they barred the ship from docking. The ship's name is the S.V. Polynesia, a 248-foot four-mast schooner, and most of the passengers aboard are Americans, the captain said.
"We don't want it to be a part of our culture," said acting general manager of the Nevis port authority, Oral Brandy. "It's not a practice society likes here."
Gay cruises, however, have been to the former British colony before and no problems were reported, government spokesman Erasmus Williams said. The two-island country of 40,000 has a federal government whose capital is in St. Kitts. The smaller island of Nevis is semiautonomous.
"We welcome all visitors," Williams said, speaking for the federal government.
Homophobes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Ricans!
I think it's the one of of the Rosie O'Donnel "family" cruises.
Nevis is, after all, the birthplace of Mr. Ten Dollar Bill himself, Alexander Hamilton.
Did the article mix the names up with the head of the gay cruise?
The cruise motto is:
"Please do bend over for the soap".
That's OK, they will just head for San Freakcisco, where they will be welcomed with open....er, uh....
When Annie and I were in Purto Vallarta on our honeymoon last year the ship ahead of us was a gay cruise and those sick basdards were giving us moons shots and worm shots it was funny yet kinda sick
I agree. I don't know of any show tunes that go well when played on steel drums.
A couple of bursts from deck-mounted twin .50 cal autos would have given them a scare. They wouldn't have been able to sodomize each other for at least a week. (But it was your honeymoon, so you weren't carrying).
That's a great shot of the cop's take on it...
Ewwwwwwwwe! Disgusting!
LOL! The good doctor is on his game tonight...(I heard you on The Great One's show the other day...great job, friend)
He can't believe those yellow shoes. Just damn
Homophobes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Offend local customs.....they offend the "entire Universe..."
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