Reply #36: Right, my church had to get a license to take a group to Cuba [View All]

on a good will mission to the Anglican Church there. (They've been twice before.) However, the Feds were quite hard-nosed about it. One member of our parish (a sometimes DUer) wanted to go with his father, but the Feds said that his father couldn't go because he wasn't an enrolled member of the church.

Also, my church tried to bring the Anglican bishop of Cuba to the U.S. for a couple of years. Cuba was willing to let him go, but the U.S. balked at letting him in.

I'd love to go and see Cuba for myself, because I assume that like most countries, it's not as bad as its detractors say nor as good as its fans say, so I want to form my own opinion. However, the trip isn't free, and I have to make other trips for work-related reasons. (For example, I'm typing this message from a hotel room in Tokyo.)