Rainbow cover art
by digby
I like it:
But as great as that is, I still think that this was the more shocking cultural earthquake:
And naturally, the Republicans aren't taking that attack on America sitting down:
Gay service members who want to marry often can't have the ceremony on military bases in the United States. It's not the Pentagon that has authority, but the states where the bases are located.
Many states that are home to some of the nation's largest military bases have outlawed same-sex marriage, including North Carolina, Texas and California.
So if a gay military couple wants to get married in those states, they can't, even on U.S. military property.
Said Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta: "State law controls in that situation. So you know, where state law provides for that, then obviously that kind of marriage can take place. And if the law prohibits that, then it cannot take place on a military base."
If Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee have their way, no gay marriages will take place on any military bases. In a straight party-line vote, the GOP members of the HASC voted Thursday to include a provision in the new defense authorization bill outlawing any gay marriage ceremonies on military bases.
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