Gay ary upl wele Pentagon cisn to extend benefs | US ary | The Guardian

Contents:

• FIRST GAY WEDDG AT ARMY BASE
• FIRST ACTIVE-DUTY GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL FOR GAY MILARY COUPL ALL 50 STAT
• GAY ARY UPLE’S WEDDG PHOTO PROV WE’VE E A LONG WAY
• GAY ARY WEDDGS
• TWO GAY UPL TAIWAN MAKE HISTORY ARY WEDDG
• GAY ARY UPL WELE PENTAGON CISN TO EXTEND BENEFS
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI

FIRST GAY WEDDG AT ARMY BASE

Gay marriage supporters hold a gay rights flag ont of the Supreme Court before a hearg about gay marriage Washgton April 28, 2015.

At the time, former Print Bill Clton's policy, "don't ask, don't tell" was effect, barrg homosexual or bisexual members of the ary om disclosg his or her sexual orientatn and om speakg about homosexual remembered thkg, “this guy has a lot of guts, and he’s kd of cute, too.

"So we put our mds that we were never gog to say we were gay, we were never gog to get ma fun of, and we were certaly never gog to get kicked out of the Army.

FIRST ACTIVE-DUTY GAY COUPLE MARRIED AT WT POT

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...

Aaron is openly gay and servg active duty as a Uned Stat Mare. Gay, terracial and the fact that Aaron is 6 feet 7 ch tall, and I, well, am speaks openly about me as his partner, jt as other Mar talk about their fai. Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE NOW LEGAL FOR GAY MILARY COUPL ALL 50 STAT

"Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly. "As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy.

GAY ARY UPLE’S WEDDG PHOTO PROV WE’VE E A LONG WAY

Sce 2011, openly gay, lbian and bisexual men and women have been permted to serve the ary. It wasn’t until 1982 that the ary enacted a policy explicly banng gay men and lbians om their ranks.

GAY ARY WEDDGS

And the early 1940s, was classified as a mental illns, disqualifyg gay men and lbians om service.

Eighteen years later, Congrs repealed the policy, allowg openly gay, lbian and bisexual people to serve the ary.

TWO GAY UPL TAIWAN MAKE HISTORY ARY WEDDG

Many were also om fellow ary personnel and veterans who had firsthand experience wh Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — our untry’s 18-year ban on openly gay ary servicemen and servicewomen.

Fortunately that policy was officially lifted by Print Obama back September 2011, and now that ’s legal for anyone the gay muny Ameri to marry, more and more ary personnel are takg their vows. Same thg that happens if you replace the gay ary uple wh a straight ary uple, or a gay civilian uple, or a straight civilian uple.

GAY ARY UPL WELE PENTAGON CISN TO EXTEND BENEFS

So the issue will bee one of whether a chapla, as a public servant (a ernment employee wh a printial appotment) paid wh taxpayers' money (which prumably clus money om gay members of the ary), should be allowed to discrimate agast gay, taxpayg members of the ary.

I would pos that Soldiers, if they are gay or not, are more important to Chaplas than iology, maybe even relig edict. I n assure you that I would rather have a gay guy that is a good Soldier over a straight guy that is terrible. Send, I have gay relativ that I re for arly and I don't appreciate your tone.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

So if someone's homosexual I'm que sure they n easily fd someone who is more than willg to marry them. I know Soldiers that when they left the Army revealed that they were gay.