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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Would venture to da say good by Military career!
Is Canada That Liberal?
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I doubt it... after all there are many openly homosexual personnel in the military as it is... and in this casse it's two senior NCOs, the marriage was on base in the chapel, and it was arranged by the Anglican Chaplin from the base - all of course on top of the fact that it's perfectly legal under Canadian Military law.
All in all I can't say I care that they got married - actually good for them; because now they can effectively double up their benefits and be certain that they both won't be deployed to the same theatre if deployed. The main reason I don't care is because I don't see it as two people who just joined getting married for publicity - but rather two people who have been in for a decade (which means 1 or 2 tours have already happened for each) who got married - and made sure that their names and identity are kept out of the press... that smacks more of a genuine feeling for each other than a stunt.
I'd say that Canada is more liberal (by the US definition) than the US, but in other respects it is a little more conservative - for example privacy is given greater weight, and we techincally have no seperation of church and state.