Kelly
2006-07-01 12:13:00 UTC
The Canadian Press
Saturday, July 1, 2006
'Brokeback Mounties' tie the knot
By Alison Auld
CP
Ronnie Devine doesn't know what the fuss is about.
While cleaning his lobster boat yesterday, the fisherman said he doesn't
understand why people are still talking about the marriage of two gay
Mounties in this bustling fishing port.
"It doesn't bother me one bit," he said as other fishermen were busy
getting their boats ready to set sail.
"As long as they're doing their jobs properly, I couldn't care less
about it."
The marriage yesterday of the two Nova Scotia constables, held during a
private ceremony at a downtown hotel, marked the country's first
same-sex marriage between male Mounties in their trademark scarlet
tunics.
Constables Jason Tree, 27, and David Connors, 28, recited their own vows
before a justice of the peace and about 100 guests.
Ken Spragg, a guest at the ceremony, called the wedding another step
toward gays being treated like everyone else.
"I got to see them take the vows that other people have taken for
granted," he told reporters after the service. "So many don't understand
what it means to have that opportunity."
Couldn't stop smiling
Spragg said the fact the gay couple can do what everyone else can do "is
really gratifying."
Russell Robichaud, another guest, said Tree and Connors looked great in
their uniforms "and couldn't stop smiling."
The couple has said they never intended to stir up controversy.
Tree admitted to being flummoxed by the steady stream of calls from
well-wishers and media outlets across North America.
"I fail to see why it gathers the attention it does," he said in an
interview days before the ceremony.
Ceremony kept private
"It's something I'd like to keep private."
He refused to reveal any details and requested that reporters stay away.
Still, about dozen journalists and photographers staked out the ceremony
but were not allowed in and never got a glimpse of the couple.
People in this community of 8,000 seemed nonplussed by the event.
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HREF="http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=6689&sc=2">http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=6689&sc=2</A>
Saturday, July 1, 2006
'Brokeback Mounties' tie the knot
By Alison Auld
CP
Ronnie Devine doesn't know what the fuss is about.
While cleaning his lobster boat yesterday, the fisherman said he doesn't
understand why people are still talking about the marriage of two gay
Mounties in this bustling fishing port.
"It doesn't bother me one bit," he said as other fishermen were busy
getting their boats ready to set sail.
"As long as they're doing their jobs properly, I couldn't care less
about it."
The marriage yesterday of the two Nova Scotia constables, held during a
private ceremony at a downtown hotel, marked the country's first
same-sex marriage between male Mounties in their trademark scarlet
tunics.
Constables Jason Tree, 27, and David Connors, 28, recited their own vows
before a justice of the peace and about 100 guests.
Ken Spragg, a guest at the ceremony, called the wedding another step
toward gays being treated like everyone else.
"I got to see them take the vows that other people have taken for
granted," he told reporters after the service. "So many don't understand
what it means to have that opportunity."
Couldn't stop smiling
Spragg said the fact the gay couple can do what everyone else can do "is
really gratifying."
Russell Robichaud, another guest, said Tree and Connors looked great in
their uniforms "and couldn't stop smiling."
The couple has said they never intended to stir up controversy.
Tree admitted to being flummoxed by the steady stream of calls from
well-wishers and media outlets across North America.
"I fail to see why it gathers the attention it does," he said in an
interview days before the ceremony.
Ceremony kept private
"It's something I'd like to keep private."
He refused to reveal any details and requested that reporters stay away.
Still, about dozen journalists and photographers staked out the ceremony
but were not allowed in and never got a glimpse of the couple.
People in this community of 8,000 seemed nonplussed by the event.
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HREF="http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=6689&sc=2">http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=6689&sc=2</A>