Comments on: Cayman Island Director of Tourism Apologizes http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/07/1953 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cayman-Islands » Cayman Islands - Higher economic gains forecast for tourism http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/07/1953/comment-page-1#comment-12535 Cayman-Islands » Cayman Islands - Higher economic gains forecast for tourism Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:09:30 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/07/1953#comment-12535 [...] Cayman Island Director of Tourism ApologizesBush wrote to Mr. Chandler. “What happened to you was an isolated incident, and is not representative of Cayman. We know that thousands of gay and lesbian visitors travel to the Cayman Islands every year and enjoy their vacation.” … [...] [...] Cayman Island Director of Tourism ApologizesBush wrote to Mr. Chandler. “What happened to you was an isolated incident, and is not representative of Cayman. We know that thousands of gay and lesbian visitors travel to the Cayman Islands every year and enjoy their vacation.” … [...]

]]> By: Stefano http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/07/1953/comment-page-1#comment-10359 Stefano Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:39 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/05/07/1953#comment-10359 I'm sure Chandler appreciated the gesture. However, officials seem to giving out mixed messages. The <I><a href="http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1030486" rel="nofollow">Camamian Compass</a></I> has also reported that: <blockquote>A few days after Cayman’s tourism director apologised for authorities’ decision to detain a gay man at a local bar, the Tourism Minister was calling the public display of affection which apparently led to that apprehension "offensive." Minister Charles Clifford was asked at a public meeting Monday night about the 30 April incident in which one of two gay men was taken into police custody after kissing his partner several times on the dance floor of the Royal Palms. "All of us in this room and most people in Cayman would agree that what happened in that incident at Royal Palms was offensive to most people in Cayman," Mr. Clifford told an audience of about 25 people at the Webster United Church Hall in Bodden Town. That statement appears to conflict with a letter of apology sent Friday by Department of Tourism Director Pilar Bush to the man who was detained. . . .</blockquote> I’m sure Chandler appreciated the gesture. However, officials seem to giving out mixed messages. The Camamian Compass has also reported that:

A few days after Cayman’s tourism director apologised for authorities’ decision to detain a gay man at a local bar, the Tourism Minister was calling the public display of affection which apparently led to that apprehension “offensive.”

Minister Charles Clifford was asked at a public meeting Monday night about the 30 April incident in which one of two gay men was taken into police custody after kissing his partner several times on the dance floor of the Royal Palms.

“All of us in this room and most people in Cayman would agree that what happened in that incident at Royal Palms was offensive to most people in Cayman,” Mr. Clifford told an audience of about 25 people at the Webster United Church Hall in Bodden Town.

That statement appears to conflict with a letter of apology sent Friday by Department of Tourism Director Pilar Bush to the man who was detained. . . .

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