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Old 09-30-2011, 04:27 PM   #800
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Originally Posted by Starbuck View Post
I am ecstatic that military chaplains have been given the right to perform same sex marriages on or off base! This is one less discriminatory thing service members have to worry about, where they can say their vows or who they can have marry them. Now the only down side is it still has to be legal in the state in which they are stationed, if I read that correctly. But yea! Another step forward![/QUOTE

So if they die does this mean the benefits will be their partner's?
There are no benefits to partners, DOMA needs to be overturned first.
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