Anticipating the elimination of the military ban on homosexuality, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains has decided that same-sex couples in the Navy will be able to get married in Navy chapels, and that Navy chaplains will be allowed to perform the ceremonies — if homosexual marriage is legal in the state where the unions are to be performed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
For various reasons this seems to be a proverbial ‘cart before horse’ scenario.<\/p>\n
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, is concerned that, in its haste to \u201chustle-in homosexuality,\u201d the Navy may be violating federal law \u2013 the Defense of Marriage Act.\u201cOffering up federal facilities and federal employees for same-sex marriage violates DOMA, which is still the law of the land and is bound to the duties of our military, including chaplains,\u201d Steve Taylor, communications director for Akin, told CNSNews.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe administration and various states may be operating as if DOMA doesn’t exist, but the Navy and Marine Corps and all the Armed Services are sworn to obey the law, which this new instruction violates,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And DADT is STILL official policy as far as I can tell anyway? The article goes on to say this particular Navy policy change is in preparation for the time if and or when, the overall policy is changed?<\/p>\n
Yep, I’m confused… Geezer or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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