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data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name">Jim Miklaszewski</span> and <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Courtney Kube</a></span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">The Supreme Court's legalizg of same-sex marriag not only pav the way for such unns all 50 stat, but also on all U.S. ary bas.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class="">Until Friday's lg, the ary permted same-sex weddg ceremoni only on bas stat that allowed them. The high urt's cisn perms the ceremoni ary chapels across the untry.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img src=" alt="Image: Todd Snrs and U.S. Army Capta Michael Potoczniak take oath" height="1666" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer">Todd Snrs and U.S. Army Capta Michael Potoczniak, partners of ten years, take their marriage oath at Cy Hall San Francis 2013.</span><span class="ptn__source">Stephen Lam / REUTERS</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Any ary chapla or clergy n refe to perform a same sex marriage “if is not le wh the tes of their fah.” But same-sex upl are ee to pick their own clergy member to perform their ceremony.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">Same-sex marriage ceremoni have been takg place ary chapels sce September 2013, when the Pentagon led that same sex partners of a service member were entled to the same benefs provid to oppose sex upl, such as health re, accs to ary facili and servic on all ary bas.</p><p class="endmark">The cisn me two years after the Pentagon lifted the "don't ask, don't tell" prohibn agast openly gay men or women servg the ary.</p></div><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><div class="expand-byle-ntributors articleByleContaer"><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name">Jim Miklaszewski</span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Jim Miklaszewski is the chief Pentagon rrponnt for NBC News. On 9/11, he was the first at the scene to report that the Pentagon had been attacked and has sce led the work's verage of the war Afghanistan.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Sce jog NBC 1985, Miklaszewski was a Whe Hoe rrponnt durg the Clton and Bh admistratns, verg Print Clton's transn om Ltle Rock, his many trips abroad cludg Mosw and the Middle East and his reelectn. He was also an NBC floor reporter at the Democratic and Republin nventns 1996 and 2000.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">In the Bh Whe Hoe, Miklaszewski reported on the Gulf War wh Iraq, summs wh Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yelts and the Bh reelectn mpaign 1992.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Miklaszewski has logged nsirable foreign experience wh battleont verage of wars Lebanon, El Salvador and the Falkland Islands. He also vered the Uned Stat air raid on Libya, and the "tanker wars" the Persian Gulf.</p></div></div><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><a href="><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></a></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name"><a href=">Courtney Kube</a></span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="byle-social--lk"><span class="in in-twter"></span></a></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Courtney Kube is a rrponnt verg natnal secury and the ary for the NBC News Invtigative Un.</p></div></div><div class="expand-ntributors">Jon Schuppe<!-- --> <!-- -->ntributed<!-- -->.</div></div></div></div><div class="article-body--right-rail-ntaer"><div class="article-body__right-rail layout-grid-em grid-l-4_5-l grid-l-3_5-xl grid-l-ph-half-xl"><div class="ad article-body__right-rail--ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxrail" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[[300,250],[360,360]]],[[758,1],[]],[[0,0],[]]]" data-offset="10" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="body-bottom-remend"><div class="ad ad--midrponsive ad-ntaer dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="midrponsive" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[[700,1],[5,5]]],[[758,1],[]],[[0,0],[]]]" data-offset="300" data-reh-terval="0" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te"></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div><div id="hfs-footer" class="dn-prt" data-activy-map="hfs-footer"><footer class="hfsf" ><div class="ner"><div class="logo"><a href="><svg class="peack" viewBox="578 62 67 39" xmlns=" fill="currentColor"><g fill-le="evenodd"><path d="M579.074 90.58c1.717-4.494 6.472-6.08 10.697-3.37l18.29 12.754h-22.18c-4.62 0-8.252-4.23-6.8-9.385"></path><path class="feather" d="M579.074 90.58c1.717-4.494 6.472-6.08 10.697-3.37l18.29 12.754h-22.18c-4.62 0-8.252-4.23-6.8-9.385"></path><path class="feather" d="M597.563 75.863l9.442 21.613-19.478-13.35c-4.887-3.24-3.896-8.79-1.19-11.237 3.83-3.24 9.245-2.12 11.226 2.97"></path><path class="feather" d="M610.57 70.93l-3.433 24.19-9.772-23c-2.113-5.75 2.64-9.516 5.81-9.583 3.632-.396 8.188 2.38 7.396 8.394"></path><path class="feather" d="M625.494 72.103l-9.707 23.067-3.102-20.82c-.265-3.17 1.716-3.237 2.443-3.832-.133-.463-1.124-.463-1.124-.463h-1.848c-.198-5.42 4.028-7.8 7.462-7.535 3.697.132 7.856 4.428 5.876 9.583"></path><path class="feather" d="M635.338 84.167L615.86 97.584l9.177-21.348c2.775-6.742 9.245-5.42 11.556-2.842 2.51 2.51 3.235 7.6-1.255 10.773"></path><path class="feather" d="M637.448 99.9h-22.515l18.29-12.756c4.49-2.975 9.244-.266 10.498 3.635 1.327 4.36-1.65 9.12-6.27 9.12"></path></g></svg></a></div><nav class="lks"><ul class="lks__wrap" data-l-2="14" data-l-3=15><li><a href=" target="_self">About</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Contact</a></li><li><a href=">Help</a></li><li><a href=">Careers</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ad Choic</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy Policy</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do Not Sell My Personal Informatn</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CA Notice</a></li><li><a href=">Terms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)</a></li><li><a href=">NBC News Semap</a></li><li><a href=">Advertise</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Select Shoppg</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Select Personal Fance</a></li></ul></nav><div class="py"><p>© 2023 NBC UNIVERSAL</p><div class="brands"><a href="><svg viewBox="0 0 120 20" fill="none" xmlns=" aria-labelledby="nbc_news_logo"><tle class="nbc_news_logo">NBC News Logo

military recognize gay marriage

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

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...

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 *

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.

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 spo will still not be able to receive that unr the new As our ller om Arizona was jt lamentg.

GAY ARY UPL WELE PENTAGON CISN TO EXTEND BENEFS

* military recognize gay marriage *

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.

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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. 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.

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data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name">Jim Miklaszewski</span> and <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Courtney Kube</a></span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">The Supreme Court's legalizg of same-sex marriag not only pav the way for such unns all 50 stat, but also on all U.S. ary bas.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><p class="">Until Friday's lg, the ary permted same-sex weddg ceremoni only on bas stat that allowed them. The high urt's cisn perms the ceremoni ary chapels across the untry.</p><figure class="styl_leImage__yAWZ0 styl_medium__OMa6x"><picture class="styl_image__1qciH"><source media="(m-width: 1000px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img src=" alt="Image: Todd Snrs and U.S. Army Capta Michael Potoczniak take oath" height="1666" width="2500"/></picture><figptn class="ptn styl_ptn__Pe5JC"><span class="ptn__ntaer">Todd Snrs and U.S. Army Capta Michael Potoczniak, partners of ten years, take their marriage oath at Cy Hall San Francis 2013.</span><span class="ptn__source">Stephen Lam / REUTERS</span></figptn></figure><p class="">Any ary chapla or clergy n refe to perform a same sex marriage “if is not le wh the tes of their fah.” But same-sex upl are ee to pick their own clergy member to perform their ceremony.</p><div class="remend-tersectn-ref" data-activy-map="remend-article-body-remend"></div><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">Same-sex marriage ceremoni have been takg place ary chapels sce September 2013, when the Pentagon led that same sex partners of a service member were entled to the same benefs provid to oppose sex upl, such as health re, accs to ary facili and servic on all ary bas.</p><p class="endmark">The cisn me two years after the Pentagon lifted the "don't ask, don't tell" prohibn agast openly gay men or women servg the ary.</p></div><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><div class="expand-byle-ntributors articleByleContaer"><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name">Jim Miklaszewski</span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Jim Miklaszewski is the chief Pentagon rrponnt for NBC News. On 9/11, he was the first at the scene to report that the Pentagon had been attacked and has sce led the work's verage of the war Afghanistan.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Sce jog NBC 1985, Miklaszewski was a Whe Hoe rrponnt durg the Clton and Bh admistratns, verg Print Clton's transn om Ltle Rock, his many trips abroad cludg Mosw and the Middle East and his reelectn. He was also an NBC floor reporter at the Democratic and Republin nventns 1996 and 2000.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">In the Bh Whe Hoe, Miklaszewski reported on the Gulf War wh Iraq, summs wh Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yelts and the Bh reelectn mpaign 1992.</p><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Miklaszewski has logged nsirable foreign experience wh battleont verage of wars Lebanon, El Salvador and the Falkland Islands. He also vered the Uned Stat air raid on Libya, and the "tanker wars" the Persian Gulf.</p></div></div><div class="expand-byle article-expand-byle" data-activy-map="expand-byle-article-bottom"><div class="byle-thumbnail byle-thumbnail--has-image expand-byle__thumbnail"><a href="><picture><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="48" width="48"/></picture></a></div><span class="byle-name expand-byle__name"><a href=">Courtney Kube</a></span><span class="byle-social expand-byle__social"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="byle-social--lk"><span class="in in-twter"></span></a></span><div class="expand-byle__b-wrapper"><p class="byle-b expand-byle__b">Courtney Kube is a rrponnt verg natnal secury and the ary for the NBC News Invtigative Un.</p></div></div><div class="expand-ntributors">Jon Schuppe<!-- --> <!-- -->ntributed<!-- -->.</div></div></div></div><div class="article-body--right-rail-ntaer"><div class="article-body__right-rail layout-grid-em grid-l-4_5-l grid-l-3_5-xl grid-l-ph-half-xl"><div class="ad article-body__right-rail--ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxrail" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[[300,250],[360,360]]],[[758,1],[]],[[0,0],[]]]" data-offset="10" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="body-bottom-remend"><div class="ad ad--midrponsive ad-ntaer dn-prt"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="midrponsive" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[[700,1],[5,5]]],[[758,1],[]],[[0,0],[]]]" data-offset="300" data-reh-terval="0" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te"></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div><div id="hfs-footer" class="dn-prt" data-activy-map="hfs-footer"><footer class="hfsf" ><div class="ner"><div class="logo"><a href="><svg class="peack" viewBox="578 62 67 39" xmlns=" fill="currentColor"><g fill-le="evenodd"><path d="M579.074 90.58c1.717-4.494 6.472-6.08 10.697-3.37l18.29 12.754h-22.18c-4.62 0-8.252-4.23-6.8-9.385"></path><path class="feather" d="M579.074 90.58c1.717-4.494 6.472-6.08 10.697-3.37l18.29 12.754h-22.18c-4.62 0-8.252-4.23-6.8-9.385"></path><path class="feather" d="M597.563 75.863l9.442 21.613-19.478-13.35c-4.887-3.24-3.896-8.79-1.19-11.237 3.83-3.24 9.245-2.12 11.226 2.97"></path><path class="feather" d="M610.57 70.93l-3.433 24.19-9.772-23c-2.113-5.75 2.64-9.516 5.81-9.583 3.632-.396 8.188 2.38 7.396 8.394"></path><path class="feather" d="M625.494 72.103l-9.707 23.067-3.102-20.82c-.265-3.17 1.716-3.237 2.443-3.832-.133-.463-1.124-.463-1.124-.463h-1.848c-.198-5.42 4.028-7.8 7.462-7.535 3.697.132 7.856 4.428 5.876 9.583"></path><path class="feather" d="M635.338 84.167L615.86 97.584l9.177-21.348c2.775-6.742 9.245-5.42 11.556-2.842 2.51 2.51 3.235 7.6-1.255 10.773"></path><path class="feather" d="M637.448 99.9h-22.515l18.29-12.756c4.49-2.975 9.244-.266 10.498 3.635 1.327 4.36-1.65 9.12-6.27 9.12"></path></g></svg></a></div><nav class="lks"><ul class="lks__wrap" data-l-2="14" data-l-3=15><li><a href=" target="_self">About</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Contact</a></li><li><a href=">Help</a></li><li><a href=">Careers</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ad Choic</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Privacy Policy</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do Not Sell My Personal Informatn</a></li><li><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CA Notice</a></li><li><a href=">Terms of Service (Updated JULY 7, 2023)</a></li><li><a href=">NBC News Semap</a></li><li><a href=">Advertise</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Select Shoppg</a></li><li><a href=" target="_self">Select Personal Fance</a></li></ul></nav><div class="py"><p>© 2023 NBC UNIVERSAL</p><div class="brands"><a href="><svg viewBox="0 0 120 20" fill="none" xmlns=" aria-labelledby="nbc_news_logo"><tle class="nbc_news_logo">NBC News Logo .

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