06-08-2013, 06:10 AM
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CFB Edmonton Raises Rainbow Flag
This is awesome.
There is no way this would have happened when I was in, the army.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...ride-flag.html
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Last edited by undercoverbrother; 06-08-2013 at 07:08 AM.
Reason: damn you PowerPlayoffs06
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06-08-2013, 07:02 AM
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#2
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
This is awesome.
There is no way this would have happened when I was in.
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Congrats! When did you come out?
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06-08-2013, 07:05 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06
Congrats! When did you come out?
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Ha, well played, and does it matter?
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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06-08-2013, 07:26 AM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Canada does not often have a reason to be proud of Edmonton. This is one. Well done Edmonton, well done.
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06-08-2013, 11:23 AM
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#5
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Calgary AB
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Fox News:
Gays storm and conquer Canadian military base
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06-08-2013, 11:30 AM
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That'll do Edmonton. That'll do.
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06-08-2013, 12:21 PM
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Has lived the dream!
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In the navy! In the navy! Err...
Good story. Fun story.
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06-08-2013, 01:10 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary
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Very happy about this. I'm proud that our troops support the diverse national community found in Canada.
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06-08-2013, 07:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Give Edmonton credit, they actually celebrate Pride during June...
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06-08-2013, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
Give Edmonton credit, they actually celebrate Pride during June...
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Our September pride baffles me. That being said, I'm so busy planning the rodeo, I wouldn't really have time for June pride.
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06-08-2013, 10:45 PM
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This gay stuff is getting a little silly,they now have their rights,laws and respect but the advertising is simply getting out of hand IMO.
Do heterosexuals have flags? 
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06-08-2013, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by T@T
This gay stuff is getting a little silly,they now have their rights,laws and respect but the advertising is simply getting out of hand IMO.
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It's simply a sign that views are changing. One day there won't be a need to make this kind of statement.
Heteros don't have a flag, because we don't need one.
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06-09-2013, 01:38 PM
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Has lived the dream!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by T@T
This gay stuff is getting a little silly,they now have their rights,laws and respect but the advertising is simply getting out of hand IMO.
Do heterosexuals have flags? |
It's just to show that this base (and the army in general hopefully) is accepting of people in their position.
If there wasn't a time when they were ridiculed, ostracized, and even harmed or killed for their very being, they wouldn't need to take measures to show pride in standing up for their rights. As well, I'm sure a lot of the straight people in the base feel the same way. They WANT to show that they stand with their brothers in arms in their battle against prejudice the same way they stand with them when fighting overseas.
As society becomes more accepting, movements like this slow down or even die out cause they are simply not needed anymore. You don't hear about women asking for the vote anymore do you?
Sexism and racism may be bad examples, cause examples of those still exist. But in their worst forms, a lot of the big issues in these have gone, and you don't see people mobilizing for them the same way anymore.
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06-09-2013, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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Originally Posted by T@T
Do heterosexuals have flags?
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Yeah, their pants worn just below the curve of their buttocks.
Good job, Edmonchuck.
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06-09-2013, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankster
Our September pride baffles me. That being said, I'm so busy planning the rodeo, I wouldn't really have time for June pride.
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I love September Pride. It rains ridiculously in June and September is usually much nicer. Having to hold an umbrella makes it much more difficult to hold my booze.
I also didn't like having our Pride a week after Edmonton's.
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06-09-2013, 10:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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I went to Pride last year, with my daughter, for the first time. What a scream. Had so much fun. Hoping to have the rest of the family with us this year.
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06-10-2013, 07:06 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Sundre, AB
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is there really nothing better to do on that CFB? this is such a non-event...
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06-10-2013, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jofillips
is there really nothing better to do on that CFB? this is such a non-event...
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You're right, raising the flag was such a time waster there. I bet you they got nothing else done on that day.
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06-10-2013, 09:20 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jofillips
is there really nothing better to do on that CFB? this is such a non-event...
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Ask the thousands (or tens of thousands) of LGBTQ service members in the Canadian military if raising a Pride flag at a military base is a non-event.
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