Navy Halts Move to Allow Gay Marriages by Chaplains After Complaints From Lawmakers
Published May 11, 2011
| FoxNews.com
The Navy has abruptly reversed its decision to allow chaplains to perform same-sex marriages once the military's ban on openly gay service members is lifted, after dozens of House lawmakers complained.
Rear Adm. Mark Tidd, chief of Navy chaplains, issued a one-sentence memo Tuesday announcing that the earlier decision has been "suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and inter-departmental coordination."
A senior Navy official told Fox News the legal counsel determined the suspension would be necessary "until broader legal and policy questions are answered."
Still a lot to be decided. Can homosexual partners access the benefits of the service member? Will the military honor civil unions? Massachussets gay marriages?
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