LATimes: Navy reverses decision to let chaplains perform same-sex unions

Navy reverses decision to let chaplains perform same-sex unions

From the Associated Press

May 11, 2011, 4:47 a.m.
WASHINGTON—
Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year.

In a one-sentence memo, Rear Adm. Mark Tidd, chief of Navy chaplains, said his earlier decision has been "suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and interdepartmental coordination."

The Navy said its lawyers wanted to do a more thorough review of the legal decision that allowed Navy chaplains to receive training to perform civil unions on military bases, but only in states where it is legal.

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House members wrote to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to object to the Navy's initial ruling, saying the service was violating the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act by appearing to recognize and support same-sex marriages.

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And that is why there is no substitute for a court finding DADT to be unConstitutional, whether it's repealed by Congress or not.

don't they have any gawd damn thing better to do with their time.

none of it lasts more than a day.