Will the Navy Force Sailors to Get Gay-Married?
The Navy is getting a special reward for shooting Osama Bin Laden: Gay marriage! Navy chaplains will be, officially, allowed to officiate same-sex marriages after Don't Ask Don't Tell ends this summer. The news came in a memo, which also covered the possibility of using base facilities for the events:
The memo reads: "Regarding the use of base facilities for same-sex marriages, legal counsel has concluded that generally speaking, base facility use is sexuality orientation neutral. If the base is located in a state where same-sex is legal, then base facilities may normally be used to celebrate the marriage."
Navy marriages on Navy bases typically involve Navy Chaplains, but the memo goes on to say the chaplains involvement is not mandatory and he or she could decline to participate if gay marriage is not "consistent with the tenets of his or her religious organization."
Rep. Todd Akin (R - Mo.) has already objected on the grounds that the policy violates the Defense of Marriage Act. But one Fox News commenter has an even stronger objection: The Navy doesn't "grasp the full scope of the homosexual movement." And by the time they do it'll be too late.
