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Kids tend to be unwelcome at gay hot spots where partying and pairing up — not potty training — are on the agenda.Likewise, gays may feel unwelcome at kid-friendly spots where they may encounter traditional family values proponents who might not value their nontraditional families.
The Norwegian Dawn set sail amid what had been a watershed year for gay civil rights and gay family awareness.
The July 2004 cruise followed a winter of progress, with Massachusetts legalizing gay marriage and San Francisco doing it anyway, and backlash — as President Bush declared that gay marriage was a threat to the American way of life and considered a constitutional amendment banning it.
These polarities become part of the cruise's itinerary: Passengers are cheered by Key West locals on Wednesday and on Thursday they are assailed by anti-gay Baptist church groups in Nassau.
Rosie described the passengers as "shellshocked" after the protectiv...
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