Fort Bragg chapel holds first same-sex ceremony
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Maj. Daniel Toven and Johnathan Taylor at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Bragg on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013.
Fort Bragg chapel holds first same-sex ceremony
Posted: Sunday, December 22, 2013 7:00 am | Updated: 7:00 am, Sun Dec 22, 2013.
By Drew Brooks, staff writer
Three years ago, Maj. Daniel Toven couldnt imagine being married, let alone having a ceremony in Fort Braggs Main Post Chapel. Like all gay soldiers at the time, he was living under the policy of dont ask, dont tell a policy that kept separated his personal life and his work.
But after a whirlwind of changes that began with the repeal of the ban in 2011, Toven and his partner, Johnathan Taylor, have broken ground.
The pair, who wed in Washington, D.C., in August, blessed their marriage before more than 100 people at Fort Bragg on Saturday.
The ceremony while not technically a wedding, which would be barred by state law is believed to be the first for a same-sex couple at Fort Bragg.