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Stargazer09

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6. Not a good idea

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 12:47 PM

Aug 2013

Last edited Sat Aug 10, 2013, 03:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Granting 10 days of leave is enough. Nobody is forcing people to get married, regardless of orientation. The military should not be involved in paying for weddings. (Edit, not wedding ceremonies, just the actual joining of two people in a legal manner.)

As the old adage goes, "If the military wanted you to have a spouse, they would have issued one to you."

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Honestly Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #1

you're exactly right dlwickham Aug 2013 #2

I have no problem with that premise theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #4

Who has to pay for the cost of traveling to a marriage-equality state? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #3

Not a good idea Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #6

I strongly disagree with you MNBrewer Aug 2013 #8

I respect that Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #9

Perhaps. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #11

It would be the same sort of thing Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #12

A hetero couple can wander over to the base chapel and get a military chaplain to marry them MNBrewer Aug 2013 #15

I am taking it seriously Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #16

This makes sense to me? If benefits are for those married, then it makes RKP5637 Aug 2013 #5

I agree Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #7

Why not empower service chaplains okasha Aug 2013 #10

They are limited by state law Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #13

This doesn't just affect military members Creideiki Aug 2013 #14