Richard Ammon
Editorial Comment:
Gay Cruise Ship Forbidden Morocco Landing
This is a story of a forbidden cruise ship landing and the homophobia whipped up by local media despite no official government ban. After the incident Morocco’s Tourism Minister Lahcen Haddad said “no official decision had been made to prevent the ship from stopping in Morocco.”
Too bad the ship captain didn’t take a passenger vote on this. A landing could have caused a stir in port that might have awakened Morocco to its discriminatory policies–and awakened Holland American Cruise Lines to it’s inadvertent support of anti-gay governments. Refusing to land cruise ships in homophobic countries (especially in Africa and Caribbean) can mean the loss of big tourist dollars and force these regimes to reconsider their irrational and anti-human rights policies.
Being gay is, unfortunately, political and we all need to push for equality, even when on holiday. We are always human and always feel the pain of intolerance and rejection.
Richard Ammon
GlobalGayz.com
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