Marrying Mounties.Since their June 30 nuptials were reported in a local paper in May, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police, constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. officers Jason Tree and David Connors have been deluged with e-mails and letters of support from around the country and the globe. The attention surprised the two men, who planned to wear their ceremonial red serge The Red Serge is the formal and ceremonial uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It consists of a scarlet military dress-style coat, replete with a low neck collar, brass buttons, and golden braided ornamentation with a white cotton T-shirt underneath. uniforms at the wedding. "We never intended to make our wedding a media event," said Tree, 27, who began dating Connors, 28, during college at the University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. The university has two main campuses: the principal campus founded in 1785 in Fredericton and a smaller campus which was opened in Saint John in 1964. eight years ago. But as much as they could do without all the media scrutiny, Tree added, "we hope publicity surrounding this might help change perceptions of gay people." Not to mention putting a new spin on the Mounties' famous catchphrase Noun 1. catchphrase - a phrase that has become a catchword catch phrase phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence . |
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