http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/04/042105rcmp.htm
(Toronto, Ontario) The Mounties always get their man - in this case two men.
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police honor guard, usually reserved for heads of state, will accompany a gay married couple from Toronto to Philadelphia this summer.
Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell will be honored at a GLBT civil rights event in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 1.
Bourassa and Varnell were the first gay couple to be legally married in North America.
Two RCMP officers will accompany them to symbolize Canada's commitment to same-sex couples.
The trip will be a far cry from one Bourassa and Varnell attempted to make shortly after their marriage in 2003. The couple was turned back by US Customs and Immigration officers when they attempted to board a flight from Toronto to Georgia.
US Customs and Immigration pre-check people traveling to the US at most major Canadian airports. They couple was rejected after filling out a form identifying themselves as a family
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