NOT vacationing in the Bahamas anytime soon....banned Brokeback Mtn

[jackstraw45]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_en_tv/bahamas_brokeback_banned_1

Bahamas 'Brokeback Mountain' Ban Draws Ire

NASSAU, Bahamas - A Bahamian government board's decision to ban the movie "Brokeback Mountain" has prompted charges of discrimination and censorship in the island chain.

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Theaters in Nassau, the capital, had already begun to advertise the movie Friday when the board announced its ban at the request of the Bahamas Christian Council.

"The board chose to ban it because it shows extreme homosexuality, nudity and profanity, and we feel that it has no value for the Bahamian public," Chavasse Turnquest-Liriano, liaison officer for the control board, said Wednesday.

[Selatius]

1. This board sounds like something straight out of Iran or Saudi Arabia

The only difference is that they claim to follow Jesus instead of Muhammed.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. The Bahamas are well known for being homophobic

A number of the islands have actually banned cruise ships carrying gay excursions from docking.

[Ian David]

3. Which tropical cruise-ship-destination islands aren't anti-gay?

Aside from The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of The Coral Islands, that is.

[BlackHeart]

4. You know

if we boycott every place that does something to annoy us, soon we won't be able to go anywhere.
Even a progressive country like Canada has liberals boycotting it because of their seal hunt.

[Touchdown]

5. I guess Jack and Ennis should've put the whisky bottle down

...and had cocktails with little umbrellas in them, or at least one Pina Colada instead of a Bud.;)