No, up until a year or so ago, the Army had the DADT policy in effect. Gays could serve, they just could not come out and announce they were gay, and leaders could not ask if they were. So they served in the closet. When DADT was repealed, the military recognized gays in the military but still could not legally recognize married couples as legitimate marriages because of DOMA. Now that the new ruling is in effect, the military is now putting into place formal recognition of same sex married couples on the same level as same sex heterosexual couples.
On Jun 28, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right, I forget what the ruling was in the heat of debate. So, they were > married and then DOMA annulled it? Then benefits were removed? It didn't > have to be this ugly but you don't make headlines unless you have a good > fight. Fighting for civil unions just won't anger the right enough to be > able to attack them. > > To be clear, I side with the ruling. Stating that they should be paid. I'm > against Kennedy saying people against same-sex marriage > are bigots. > > . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
