Posted on 12/16/2012 4:07:33 PM PST by Salman
ORANJESTAD, Aruba A speck of an island in the Dutch Caribbean has become increasingly popular with gay couples after legislators legalized same-sex marriages in a region still openly hostile to gays and lesbians.
Two men were recently married in Saba, marking the first ceremony of its kind in the region and setting off a frenzy of calls from gay couples in other Dutch Caribbean islands seeking to marry, said Julietta Woods with Sabas Civil Registry office.People keep calling me every second, she said by telephone this week.
As part of the Netherlands Kingdom, the islands of Saba, Bonaire and St. Eustatius have to recognize same-sex marriages. While Bonaire and St. Eustatius have balked at the idea of legalizing such unions, the idea has been embraced in Saba, long considered a gay-friendly destination.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Aruba: The Island of rape, murder, and buggary.
Their HIV infection rate will zoom off the chart.The Arubans are crazy to encourage these filthy perverts to come to their island.
Maybe so many of them will go there that the island will not be able to withstand the extra weight and it will sink into the ocean.
Is it irony that the capital of Saba is called The Bottom?
We all know, it is more popular because the world of travelers always prefer Gay islands!!!!!!
That be cuz everyone cool; into the butt action and if your tourist destination is known for sodomites, you be swamped!
Saba’s a volcanic island, so it may explode rather than sink. Mount Scenery is considered potentially very dangerous, even though the last eruption was circa 1640 (it was an explosive, pyroclastic eruption, which is the most deadly type).
I didn’t know there was a world popularity contest.
That would be okay, too. Didn’t one of the illustrious loony Congressman say something about Guam sinking if too many people were there though? There have been so many really stupid statements made by politicians in DC recently that I quit trying to remember all the details.
I only read the excerpt, but it makes clear that the tiny island of Saba, not Aruba, is the island that is performing same-sex-marriage ceremonies. Saba is right next to St. Kitts and Nevis in the northern Lesser Antilles, is a municipality of the Netherlands, and has mostly a mulatto (black/white admixture), English-speaking population; Aruba is just north of Venezuela in the extreme southern part of the Lesser Antilles, is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (i.e., it has local autonomy), and has a largely mestizo (Native American/white admixture) population that speaks mostly Papiamento (a creole language derived from Spanish). In other words, Saba ain’t Aruba.
It was Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) who said that if too many troops were transferred to the military base on one end of the island that the island might “tip over.” Yes, he’s that stupid.
The trick is to have the queers go there, get married, have a queer little family and STAY THERE!
Don’t be too hard on him — after all, he is a demokrat.
Don’t be too hard on him — after all, he is a demokrat.
Actually, the people of Aruba are mostly black, and even the ordinary people speak English, many also speak Spanish and Dutch.
LOL, hubby has long wanted to go there!
Tell the hubby if he ever gets to Aruba not to bend over if he drops his wallet....just saying..........
May have seen Johnson’s latest loony comment but either ignored it or uttered my usual “whatever”. Guess we’re stuck with the word “shrimp” then - which is what my now 21 year old grandson has always called the now 10 year old grandson. Fortunately I always referred to those with “midget brains” as peabrainers - particularly when describing some members of Congress - so will continue to use that.
Somebody should tell Johnson that describing someone as a small person refers to more than their stature.
I visited Aruba a few years ago, and I didn’t see more than a few blacks. You’re correct that most of the people I encountered in or near the hotel spoke at least a little English, but I didn’t think that English was universally spoken on the island. My experience matched what I found in this Wikipedia article: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruba#section_3
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