¿RECORDÁIS los dos tortolitos? Pues nada, que al final han cancelado la boda:

Two longtime friends, neither gay, who recently announced plans to get married to take advantage of Canada's tax rules that give couples preferrential treatment have called off their nuptials, they told AFP.

Bryan Pinn, 65, and Bill Dalrymple, 56, have been best friends for 22 years. Both are divorced. Pinn has two adult children.

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A letter Dalrymple and Pinn sent to the editor of the Toronto Sun immediately after Pinn proposed to his buddy, outlining the "significant tax implications" of two straight men getting married, resonated with journalists around the world.

Fox News in the United States and the BBC in the United Kingdom, among others, broadcast the news of their odd wedding plans.

Reactions were mixed. Several people praised their pluck. Others were hateful, accusing them of being "heretics and homophobes," Pinn said.

"We pissed off the entire lunatic fringe," he said.

On Wednesday night, they decided to put out the "brush fire" they had started and call the whole thing off.

"It was a moment of whimsy that spun out of all control," Pinn said.

"We don't want to be anyone's poster boys. This really was an act of political satire. If this is going to cause mayhem, we don't want to be the tethered goats. It's out there now, discuss amongst yourselves," Pinn said.

He also quipped that could not marry Dalrymple after discovering he "does his wash in the sink and hangs them in the shower."

"We'll probably be best friends for another 20 years, but we don't have to get married. Why would you ruin a good friendship and get married." Pinn said.

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