US DOD welcomes same-sex couple to attend family event
The U.S. Department of Defense has clarified Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan of the New Hampshire National Guard will bring her lesbian partner to a yellow ribbon family reintegration event in North Conway this weekend,” according to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Shaheen had written a letter urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to review the military’s regulations prohibiting same-sex couples from attending such events. “This is terrific news for Charlie Morgan and her family,” said Shaheen. “But this is just one small part of a much larger problem. We have a fundamental inequity in our policy, which has created two classes of soldiers. It isn’t fair and it has to end.” Indeed, while gays and lesbians can now serve openly, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act still denies same-sex couples and their families access to federal benefits.
[via ThinkProgress]
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