Island Denies It Refused Cruise Ship Because Passengers Were Gay

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/03/032505nevisCruise.htm

The St. Kitts and Nevis government said Friday it barred a gay and nudist cruise from stopping in Nevis because of concerns of illegal public nudity on shore, not because the passengers were gay.

Port authorities stopped a Windjammer Barefoot Cruises ship carrying 110 mostly American passengers and 35 crew early Wednesday (story) as it approached the port in Nevis's capital, Charlestown. The decision led to charges of homophobia.

Nevis Tourism Minister Malcolm Guishard said in a statement Friday that when customs officials boarded the ship, they found most of the passengers naked and the captain couldn't guarantee they would be clothed on shore - something the captain has denied. Public nudity is illegal in St. Kitts and Nevis.


how fucking stupid! Do they really expect anyone to think that the passengers would just stroll off the ship naked?

[mitchtv]

1. St Kitts and Nevis join Cayman Islands

and Jamaica in the "No Gay Zone"

[Meeker Morgan]

4. "Buggery" is still a criminal offense in Jamaica

No sh*t!

Even Texas is beyond this, thanks to the Supreme Court.

[Slyder]

2. St. Kitts and Nevis have the right

as a sovereign nation to refuse entry to whomever they please. But shouldn't the cruise line have checked on this before sailing? BTW, I am a gay progressive Democrat.

[mitchtv]

3. you are right. But I'm sure the line did their job

its when the boarding party got a real look, that things went down hill.
Gays also have the right to trash that two bit poor excuse for a nation and boycott them and the rest of their hateful neighbors(Caymans, Jamaica) there are plenty of islands that will be happy to take our money.

[Slyder]

5. You are absolutely correct!

Why should we spend our money where it is not wanted?