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Gay, Nudist Cruise Barred From Entering Nevis
The Associated Press ^ | Mar 23, 2005 | Anon

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caribbean; cruise; gays; homosexuals; nevis; nudists; tourism; yikes
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To: Pharmboy

Really. I didn't know that Hamilton's birthplace.


21 posted on 03/23/2005 7:09:30 PM PST by writer33 ("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
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To: John Lenin
That really is a hoot!
He actually is "checking out" the guys shoes....
22 posted on 03/23/2005 7:10:08 PM PST by hoot2
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To: hoot2
Offend local customs.....they offend the "entire Universe..."

Open your mind. It'll be a hoot!

:)

23 posted on 03/23/2005 7:10:27 PM PST by writer33 ("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
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To: writer33
Yep--he was the bastard son of a Scottish peddler/traveler and Rachel Levine--a Huegenot woman who married a Jewish guy and then split with him.

His biologic father never had anything to do with him and he was orphaned at 13 when his mother passed. Because of his genius he was sent to NYC by some rich guys on the island and the rest, as they say, is history.

24 posted on 03/23/2005 7:13:24 PM PST by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: Pharmboy

Someone's been watching the Biography Channel.

:)


26 posted on 03/23/2005 7:14:57 PM PST by writer33 ("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
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To: Pharmboy

"Nevis is, after all, the birthplace of Mr. Ten Dollar Bill himself, Alexander Hamilton."

I remember visiting his house when I was down there in 90'. Nevis was a great place back then, no resorts.


27 posted on 03/23/2005 7:15:14 PM PST by dljordan
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To: bluntone

...or at least hose them down pretty thoroughly. Yecchhh...


28 posted on 03/23/2005 7:15:23 PM PST by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: writer33

Nope--my hobby is the Revolution and the folks that did it. General Washington is my favorite (there was simply NO ONE like him), but I also like Hamilton, Cesar Rodney, John Adams and General Hugh Mercer. I do not like Jefferson. (Aren't you sorry you asked?)


29 posted on 03/23/2005 7:18:43 PM PST by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: bluntone

LOL!! Good one...


31 posted on 03/23/2005 7:20:28 PM PST by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: Pharmboy

"We don't want it to be a part of our culture," said acting general manager of the Nevis port authority, Oral Brandy.



Now THAT's a name!


32 posted on 03/23/2005 7:24:02 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: Pharmboy

Who's John Adams?


:)


33 posted on 03/23/2005 7:30:36 PM PST by writer33 ("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
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To: Pharmboy
"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."

"But you will accept it," said ACLU attorney Anal Whine.
34 posted on 03/23/2005 7:44:47 PM PST by Bars4Bill
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To: Pharmboy

I never leave home without it ha ha h a


35 posted on 03/23/2005 8:40:47 PM PST by al baby (Dick Trickle is not just a medical condition)
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To: Pharmboy

Great Island
it has excellent international offshore incorporation laws. Around the time i was there a dutch man visiting the island killed his wife while staying at the 4 (something ) Golf resort. I believe he was hung with a week of the trial. I don't think it was a good vacation for them.
I loved the place.


36 posted on 03/23/2005 9:08:59 PM PST by kvanbrunt
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To: Pharmboy
.............FRegards
37 posted on 03/23/2005 9:11:39 PM PST by gonzo (My eyes always water when I'm having sex..It's probably that damned pepper-spray those broads use...)
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