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Carnival Apologizes To Gay Passengers After Forbidding Drag Dress On Ship
CBS Miami ^ | 11/27/2012 | CBS Miami

Posted on 11/28/2012 10:35:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

MIAMI (CBS4) – Carnival Cruise Lines is apologizing to gay passengers booked for an upcoming cross-dressing voyage for telling them they could not dress in drag on the ship, according to CBS4 News partner The Miami Herald.

The Miami-based company came under fire in the gay and lesbian community when they told passengers who had booked to attend the Drag Stars at Sea that they must “refrain from engaging in inappropriate conduct in public areas” — or be kicked off the ship Glory.

Carnival claimed the themed trip did not adhere to their “family friendly atmosphere”.

The trip was coordinated by AlandChuck Travel, a gay-oriented company based in Sarasota. The company had booked about 1,000 passengers for the cruise.

But after a social media firestorm, the company is now backing off that statement, saying passengers can dress however they choose.

“Anyone who wishes to dress in drag may do so,” Carnival President and CEO Gerry Cahill wrote in a letter to passengers obtained by the paper.

(Excerpt) Read more at miami.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Travel
KEYWORDS: carnival
Kicked off the ship WHAT??
1 posted on 11/28/2012 10:35:22 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
The name of the ship is Glory?
2 posted on 11/28/2012 10:37:43 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Responsibility2nd

Keelhaul!

Chum the water for the sharks first.


3 posted on 11/28/2012 10:41:02 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

A Hole lot of Glory, I’m sure!


4 posted on 11/28/2012 10:42:48 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The jokes just write themselves with this one...


5 posted on 11/28/2012 10:47:33 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Why? (i mean why did they apologize)


6 posted on 11/28/2012 10:47:33 AM PST by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m going to guess they conflated fetishwear for cross-dressing.


7 posted on 11/28/2012 10:53:37 AM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

8 posted on 11/28/2012 11:00:39 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Mr. K

Homos and their apologists flock to cruise ships like they do to Disney World.


9 posted on 11/28/2012 11:09:25 AM PST by TADSLOS (Welcome to the new Plastic Banana Republic- We''ll Make You Feel Good to be Poor)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, maybe they look better when they get all dressed up.

10 posted on 11/28/2012 11:15:38 AM PST by Slyfox (The key to Marxism is medicine - V. Lenin)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
The name of the ship is Glory?

Yes, and last week they keelholed a seaman.

11 posted on 11/28/2012 11:32:34 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Slyfox

WTF is this? Two guys or two fugly gals?


12 posted on 11/28/2012 11:33:01 AM PST by USAF80
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To: Liberty Valance

Is that the bass player for Aerosmith?


13 posted on 11/28/2012 11:41:03 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: USAF80
They are both wearing engagement rings.

You be the judge.

14 posted on 11/28/2012 11:42:02 AM PST by Slyfox (The key to Marxism is medicine - V. Lenin)
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To: USAF80
WTF is this? Two guys or two fugly gals?

What it is, is disturbing!

15 posted on 11/28/2012 11:42:31 AM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
The name of the ship is Glory?

Since a boat is basically a HOLE in the water you throw your money into, that would make the ship's name Glory Hole

16 posted on 11/28/2012 11:43:50 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I was on The Glory a few weeks ago for “The Cruise to Nowhere” out of Norfolk, VA. Fantastic 952-foot floating resort with 13 levels (11 for almost 3,000 passengers). Didn’t see any gays.


17 posted on 11/28/2012 11:59:35 AM PST by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: Mr. K

We need to adopt better tactics to deal with issues like this. I for one, will make sure and ask the cruise operator if it is a Homo Cruise before I book my next one. If everyone does this the cruies operators will get the message. We do outnumber them after all.


18 posted on 11/28/2012 12:41:24 PM PST by USAF80
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To: USAF80

Gay men have better fashion sense than that.


19 posted on 11/28/2012 8:10:26 PM PST by chae (I was anti-Obama before it was cool)
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