What are the chances of ever seeing something like this on American television? I would say nearly impossible in most places at this point with states battling back and forth on even allowing gay marriages and rights.
What would happen if it happened in front of tens of thousands of American sports fans live? Well, maybe it would pass at the AT&T Park in San Francisco, but no place else that I can think of.
It was just another Saturday night at Scotiabank Place in Toronto, when Alicia, a devoted Toronto Maple Leafs fan, arrived on the ice during the second intermission wearing a blindfold.
In a 'what the puck' moment Alicia looked up at the video scoreboard, and there contained a romantic message from her girlfriend Christina, an Ottawa Senators fan.
Normally being on the ice would cause friction between two fans of opposing teams, gay or not, but they immediately embraced and the crowd knew what was going to happen next.
Christina dropped to one knee and slid the engagement ring on Alicia's finger. After they shared a kiss the Senators mascot "Spartacat" proudly raised a sign that read: "She said yes!"
Same sex marriage was legalized in 2005 in Canada and in a fleeting memory I remember going to a Lesbian wedding the same year, and oddly enough a hockey game broke out in the backyard.
Personally, I feel it should not be news anytime a gay person does something that everyone else might consider normal, but seriously- admitting you are a Maple Leafs fan in public like that? That's a whole "goalie net" of wrong!
Who knows- maybe Alicia and Christina will have a child and it will end up a *Habs fan! Now there is another scary thought!
Go Sens!
*Habs- Montreal Canadians hockey team.
Linda Seccaspina 2012
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(Let's frighten them Murricans.)
Jmac.. I dont see it in my lifetime.
Toritto: took the words right out of my mouth hahaha
Myriad.. have we not frightened them enough with the Keystone pipeline? :)
Jmac.. I dont see it in my lifetime.
Toritto: took the words right out of my mouth hahaha
Myriad.. have we not frightened them enough with the Keystone pipeline? :)
That said, it made the news because it was done the way it was, not because it was a gay marriage per se. Suspect if it had been a heterosexual couple, it'd have had the same coverage. It really was kind of neat.
I wish them well.
BTW, Is walking on the ice without slipping a Canadian trick? That alone is pretty impressive. If all Canadians can do that, America's future as an international broomball power is in grave danger.
"Most men (and women) lead lives of quiet desperation."
- I forgot who.
Bellwether: Yes we can!!!
Scanner: Boanerges can attest to this. Nothing like playing road hockey and scream CAR when vehicles are coming down the street..:)
Kim: Yes it does
Designanator.. Let's hope this happens.
Another Steve.. Are ya talking about Curling????? Can we talk about Curling?
Donuts: You have to go outside the US to hear the right news.. and it made me cry too.
This Pink song couldn't fit more perfectly. Rated (:
Jack: I wish you set some of these folks straight then
FROGGY... I hope so too.
martykelly.. let;s sing Lennons song and hope
Thanks Peeling an orange.:)
Larry: After two days of feeling like strangers in their own home, the Ottawa Senators are expecting a warmer welcome Tuesday at Scotiabank Place so that means they lost..:(
Addicted: Enemy sent this to me today and I flipped out..I was thrilled and wanted a lot of people to see that gay marriage should be legal everywhere
You are the pillar of Canada for me.
rated with love
Just saw that Crabby Golightly thing and plan to visit shortly. Congrats, Linda.
Muse: now that was clever
Thanks Sheila..:)
Huggs RP
Barbara: The real world can be a scary place and so nice to see people cheering and not booing.
Beauty: Let's hope.
Fernsy: me too.. as for Crabby been there for about 3 months now. Its called a hard working education but can be fun
I hope I see the day when everyone understands that you cannot regulate love between the sexes, any more than you can tell folks that it's wrong to love anyone with blue eyes.
I had a flight of ideas imagining the ceremony if Prince William had wanted to marry a Karl instead of a Kate. It might have looked more like Edward II in the cowshed. R
I love Life: We will never know
Deborah: yes it is. no one tells women what to do and pregnant women get 9 months off with government pay and then MUM gets a baby bonus check from the government each month for each kid until they turn 18
Suzie: LOL Could be tricky:)
Barb: Me too
HUgs Thoth
Christine: Oh Canada
Rodney: stranger things have happened
Erica; makes me mad
Caroline.. lol you are so right
The way I see it, the main disadvantage to living in Canada is the weather. However, I notice it's changing - Spring is ridiculously early this year down here. We saw daffodils in FEBRUARY! I realize it's the South (I didn't grow up here), but this is nuts. You'll be temperate up there shortly. Of course, you might also be a lot smaller - I'm afraid about half your land mass might melt.
The only ice is way up north. Good tundra everywhere else.
I have always regarded it as a civil rights movement.
When it become reality?
HUGGGGGGGGGG
Lezlie
I say do it in America and then backlash against the wringers until they howl like dogs!
R and hugggggs.