Dear Keith,

AMEN BROTHER!!!!!
Just to be precise:
- all sexual acts between adults were legalized in Canada in 1969 (Prime minister Trudeau : "the State has no place in the bedrooms of the nation")
- Quebec gays got protection in the provincial Bill of Rights in 1977 (and stated as sexual ORIENTATION, not "lifestyle", thank you very much!).
- Though it's not in the canadian Charter of Rights explicitly, the Supreme Court treats it as if it were.

Two more reason for our openness :
- a tradition of huge families, 10-12 kids, so often 2 gay and 1 lesbian siblings;
- and I don't care how straight you are, when it's February, 50 below, and the nearest girls are 100 miles away, your cabinmate Big Jacques the lumberjack starts to look pretty fucking good!

Your 2 cents are worth gold, Keith.
I hope you had fun in Oklahoma!

Randy