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   Sunday, May 21, 2006

   BROKEBACK MOUNTIES

No, it's not my joke, just one of many painful puns on CTV News this evening -- all of them forgivable, thanks to the warm and cheery tone of their reporting on two RCMP Constables who are getting married next month. "To each other!" the reporter exclaimed after that perfect "dun-dun-DAH!" beat.

Const. Jason Tree and Const. David Connors live in Meteghan, Nova Scotia and have received nothing but support and best wishes from their colleagues, neighbours and community as they prepare to tie the knot next month. I love that the only reason this is news is because they happen to be the first RCMP couple -- someday soon, people of any gender from any profession will be able to marry whomever they're in love with and it won't raise a single eyebrow or boom mike.

Until then, however, I can't blame the media for giggling. Gay Mounties! Married gay Mounties! How cool is that? No more secretly swooning over Benton Fraser now that Constables Tree and Connors have (oh no, don't do it) got their man.

Yes, progress is a bumpy road.