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fightthegoodfightnow

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Thu Dec 20, 2012, 06:17 PM Dec 2012

Big Tent News: Saba becomes first Caribbean island to legalize same-sex marriage

Saba becomes first Caribbean island to legalize same-sex marriage

The Dutch island of Saba earlier this month became the first jurisdiction in the Caribbean to allow same-sex couples to legally marry.

Xiomar Gonzales Cedeno Ruis and Israel Ruis Gonzales from Aruba and Venezuela respectively exchanged vows at the island’s courthouse on Dec. 4. A same-sex couple from Curaçao married in Saba on Tuesday.


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http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/12/19/saba-becomes-first-caribbean-island-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/
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Big Tent News: Saba becomes first Caribbean island to legalize same-sex marriage (Original Post) fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 OP
And Saba's runway is less thasn 2000 feet long ! pangaia Dec 2012 #1
Size is important to you? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2012 #2
Well uh,, uh, I mean... pangaia Dec 2012 #3

pangaia

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3. Well uh,, uh, I mean...
Fri Dec 21, 2012, 10:31 AM
Dec 2012

Last edited Sat Dec 22, 2012, 10:40 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm really glad those guys could finally get married.
My comment was not really about them but just that.. it's a quite famous runway...1300 feet long with a 50-60' cliff at either end. I landed there once just for the experience..in a DHC-6 Twin Otter- WINAIR. Not for the faint of heart.

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