On 21/07/2014 16:54, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 20/07/2014 14:48, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> - Sir Francis Drake totally reviewed his fleet from above Magens Bay.
>>
>> Do you have a festival or just a spot?
>
> Just a spot.  It's called Drake's Seat.
>

Evocative! At least for us Brits.


>>> - Bluebeard the pirate was totally historical.
>>
>> Blackbeard?
>
> Blackbeard was a thoroughly unpleasant historical figure named Edward Teach.
> Bluebeard is imaginary, but his hotel pulls in more revenue.
>

Nice one! Should pull in the French Tourists as well. :-)
I went to Bluebeard's Castle once.

>>> We have a new one going.  Gay tourists totally get married on our beaches all
>>> the time, even though it's not legal.  Yet.  (Go ahead, Governor Herbert (Utah),
>>> make my day!)
>>

I'm not even going to look him up. Won't give hime the oxygen of publicity.

>> What do people think of that? When I was in Jamaica, I noticed that they
>> were a tiny wee bit homophobic. O_O
>
> The entire Caribbean is virulently homophobic, but the USVI is less so than most
> parts.  The Bahamas once refused mooring to a cruise ship full of lesbians, but
> we welcomed them.  Our previous governor is rumored to be gay, but that never
> hurt him politically.

Good show! Old chap. :-)

> As far as I can tell, with one exception that I know of,
> all of our incumbent politicians are opposed to same-sex marriage, but several
> of them recognize that it is a civil rights issue and will not act on their
> personal feelings in this regard.
>

If only the rest of the world were so wise.

> A bill is now being drafted to legalize gay marriage (and in the process, repeal
> the asinine legal requirement that women legally change their last name).

My wife uses her maiden name.
The fuss that caused when she met up with me in Jamaica. She just about 
had to show her marriage certificate to share the same room with me.


> There has been loud community opposition to the bill, but my sense is that it's just
a
> vocal religious minority.
>

Hope so.

> In one sad story, a father bragged that he (literally) beat the gay out of his
> son.  The son killed himself two weeks later, and his father said that we need
> to make it illegal to /be/ gay so that more kids won't choose to be gay and then
> kill themselves!  For a moment, I thought I was in Uganda.
>

It beggars belief that "so called" religious people can think like that.
I thought "Love thy neighbour" was a commandment.
Silly me. That's in the new testament and all the good repressive 
urgings are in the old testament.

Have you noticed that all these bigots quote from the old testament?

> Some politicians have promised vote against or veto the bill.  I'm trying to
> find out who they are so that I can vote against them.
>

:-D

> Right now, in order to have a same-sex wedding here, the couple must first get a
> marriage license in one of the states where it is valid, then contact one of the
> preachers here that advertize the service.  Ironically, this means that you
> cannot have a gay wedding here unless you are religious!
>
Or lie about it. ;-)

> I don't understand why more people don't see the tourism potential.  OK, I do
> understand: it's religion.
>

I don't know if that sort of tourism is the best way to go. It is better 
that "drunken sex party" tourism, true. But to be known as the gay Las 
Vegas of the Caribbean would make for a change in the way of life.

Anyway this is so very off topic. I'll zip it, now. ;-)

-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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