DOMINICA: Gay Cruise Ship Passengers Charged With Public Buggery

[WillParkinson]

DOMINICA: Gay Cruise Ship Passengers Charged With Public Buggery

Two passengers of an all-gay cruise docked in the tiny Caribbean nation of Dominica (different from the Dominican Republic) have been charged with public buggery. Dominica residents also claim that they could see men having sex on the ship from their places on the shore. From a clearly biased local news source:

Police Chief Cyrille Carrette has confirmed that two males from California, John Robert Hart and Dennis Jay Mayer, have been charged with buggery and indecent exposure and are expected to appear in court on Thursday morning. The visit of the cruise ship to Dominica apparently carrying only male passengers is generating heated debate online, especially on Dominica News Online after the website posted the story earlier Wednesday. The ship evoked mixed reaction from observers who noted that “only men” were disembarking from the “Celebrity X Cruises” ship docked at the bayfront. Some members of the public gathered there appeared not amused with the development. A few told Dominica News Online that they were protesting what they consider to be “immoral behavior” on that cruise ship. One hair braider told DNO that she was “mentally disturbed, first time I am seeing that in my life”.

Knowing how many Caribbean nations regard homosexuality, I'm betting the two men were merely holding hands as they shopped. Or perhaps, scandal, they kissed. I call bullshit on this story.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2012/03/dominica-gay-cruise-ship-passengers.html

[msongs]

1. easy solution - cross Dominica off the cruise stops list and go where one is welcome nt

[mike_c]

3. +1

Seriously, I think the cruise line has a responsibility to passengers to be cognizant of local attitudes and at least make sure passengers are aware. Often the party atmosphere and general sense of disengagement from normal life makes cruise ships seem safely disconnected from the ports they visit. In relatively conservative Central American countries where cruises stop the folks who come ashore for the day often do things like wear beach clothes or even just warm weather clothing that would not raise eyebrows in the U.S., but are shocking and possibly offensive to locals, or simply behave inappropriately because they're out of both their home culture AND the shipboard holiday culture. Unfortunately, cruises offer an apparent "bubble" experience, and tourists who don't stop and think about it sometimes find themselves acting appropriately for the bubble, but not for the local populace.

[Politicalboi]

2. We have a solution out here in the USA!

It's called
Close Your Eyes. LOL!