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The Colorado Springs Gazette<\/a> reports that Colonel Eugene Marcus Caughey and his lawyers think that the charges the Air Force has leveled at him for engaging in extramarital sex discriminate against heterosexuals.<\/p>\n

Maj. Keith Meister, one of three attorneys defending Caughey, told Air Force judge Col. Wes Moore that the military’s definition of adultery as sex between a man and a woman hasn’t keep place with its definition of marriage, which now includes same-sex couples. That’s because the military’s adultery law requires “sexual intercourse” as an element of guilt, which the Pentagon defines as an act between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

“A homosexual man or woman couldn’t commit adultery as defined,” Meister argued.
\nCaughey’s defense team maintains that because gay people get a pass, the charges violate the colonel’s rights under the 14th Amendment, which mandates equal protection under law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article points out that the adultery charges are the least of his problems, since he still faces charges of 2 counts of rape, violating orders, and conduct unbecoming an officer, for sending Wiener-grade selfies while in uniform and from behind his desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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