OTTAWA - Scott Brison hinted wedding plans may be in the works for him -- a union that would have the prime minister's emphatic blessing.The openly gay public works minister yesterday recalled Paul Martin's half-joke to him in June as same-sex marriage cleared the Commons amid a bruising national debate.
"The prime minister said to me after the vote: 'Well, after all I've been through on this Brison, you'd better get married.' "
Asked if he plans to tie the knot, Brison coyly offered: "Stay tuned. It's certainly a possibility."
Brison doesn't showcase or downplay his sexuality, saying he's not a gay politician but a politician who happens to be gay.
Brison, an MP for Kings-Hants, a rural riding in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, declined to offer any other details on his potential betrothed. He has a new partner since ending a long-term relationship last winter.
Otherwise gregarious and always quotable, Brison, 38, has carefully guarded his personal life since becoming an MP in 1997.
He came out of the closet three years ago just before announcing his bid to lead the former Progressive Conservative Party.
Brison said he could never have felt at home with a Conservative party that has voiced plans to roll back gay marriage rights if it ever formed the government.
from Ottawa Sun
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