Gay officers to wed

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1151617837832">RCMP constables say they're stunned by international media attention
By Alison Auld
The Canadian PressHALIFAX (Jun 30, 2006)

A day before Canada marks its 139th birthday, a young couple will wed in a ceremony that is sure to cast one of the country's most iconic symbols in a whole new light.

Dressed in their distinctive scarlet coats, RCMP constables Jason Tree and David Connors will exchange vows before a justice of the peace and a troop of other Mounties in their fabled red serge.

Reaction to the wedding -- the first between two male RCMP officers -- has befuddled the couple, who have been overwhelmed by interview requests and congratulations from well-wishers they've never met.

"We don't see our wedding as anything different or special," Tree, 27, said in an interview from his detachment in Meteghan on Nova Scotia's southwest coast.

"Our goal was to get married, not have an international media story.

"I fail to see the big deal."

Tree,an RCMP officer for six years, said he's received about 60 letters from strangers congratulating him on the big event and praising the couple for publicly proclaiming their love and doing so in uniform.