Pentagon officials announced Wednday that the DOD will provi marriage benefs to same-sex upl for the first time, givg gay spo accs to health re, hog allowanc and fay separatn pay.
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- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL FOR GAY MILARY COUPL ALL 50 STAT
- FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH
- GAY ARY UPL WELE PENTAGON CISN TO EXTEND BENEFS
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL FOR GAY MILARY COUPL ALL 50 STAT
Outgog Defense Secretary Leon Pata announced the extensn of some ary benefs to same-sex partners of service members. While the Defense of Marriage Act is law, however, gay ary partners are not entled to all of the same benefs as their straight unterparts. * military recognize gay marriage *
Matt Thorn, terim executive director for OutServe-SLDN, an advocy group for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr service members, said the Supreme Court's cisn was a msage to their muny "that... Now unr the new policy, if a gay spoe has an emergency at home durg a ployment or extend trag that her service member is at, her spoe would be eligible for emergency leave to e home and take re of her.
FOR GAY UPL HOPG FOR A ARY BURIAL, THE FIGHT FOR LOVE DON’T END WH ATH
The right to a ary burial for gay spo was guaranteed natnwi wh the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2015, but only a handful of known same-sex ary upl are buried across US natnal cemeteri. For most, the right to such an honor has been hard won. * military recognize gay marriage *
Acrdg to a brief om the gay ary support group known as OutServe, there are about 101 benefs that are still not available bee feral law do not regnize gay marriage as legal. The biggt on are accs to ary health re system, known as Trire, and a payout of the ary hog benefs available to those who are married and - or people who want on-post hog for fai who do not have a gay service member has children that are legally adopted right now, he n still receive on-post hog.
GAY ARY UPL WELE PENTAGON CISN TO EXTEND BENEFS
* military recognize gay marriage *
Gay spo will still not be able to receive that unr the new As our ller om Arizona was jt lamentg. BUSHATZ: Well, I would be surprised if the ary did not extend the same benefs that straight partners have or straight hbands and wiv have rather to gay hbands and wiv, although I would be surprised if they did not require a marriage as part of you look at the requirements for clarg a same-sex partnership that the ary has issued as part of this, and you see thgs like a promise to be together fely. I've had numero msag on Facebook, emails, you know, var munitns where I've had other ary spo and even active duty people who have ntacted my spoe and say, you know, I'm not sure I'm que there yet on the gay marriage, you know, but I do believe that you and your fay should be treated equally.
And I see an overwhelmg majory of that, you know, for var reasons, people, like I said, they're jt not there yet on gay marriage.
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And so I feel, you know, 's somewhat of a duty of me and my fay's to show people who are kd of, you know, on the fence about gay marriage that we're jt like any other fay, whether they're, you know, ary, non-ary, you know, we have the same issu.
I spoke to a gay - a lbian uple here at Fort Campbell not long ago. Campbell was the first gay veteran to secure burial rights for her spoe, and the pair were the first same-sex ary uple to be buried together at a US natnal cemetery. The right to a ary burial for gay spo was guaranteed natnwi wh the legalizatn of same-sex marriage 2015, but only a handful of known same-sex ary upl are buried across the 172 natnal cemeteri the US – grounds rerved chiefly for ary members and selected fay.
However, gay veterans have always fought for their right to be clud and celebrated such spac. Their tombston shout to the silence: “Gay is good, ” reads a plaque below the grave of Frank Kameny, an inic activist, civil servant and World War II veteran.