Gay and lesbian cruise ship passengers were confronted by more than 100 protesters holding signs and chanting anti-gay slogans as they stepped off their chartered ship in the Bahamas.

The protesters, led by Christian pastors, gathered in a square in front of the Nassau cruise terminal yesterday and chanted: “Gay ways are not God’s ways!”

As a trickle of passengers stepped out, protesters waved signs saying “If you’re openly gay, stay away” and “We will not bow to the gay agenda!”

Former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell, a cruise promoter, was aboard the Norwegian Dawn but was not among those who disembarked.

Gregg Kominsky, a founder of cruise organiser R Family Vacations, said the passengers – 1,150 adults and 450 children – had come to have fun and that on previous trips he found most Bahamians friendly and welcoming. “We are not really here to make a statement,” he said.

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