Anti-gay crowd upset at West Point weddings

[Baltimatt]

Two lesbian weddings in two weeks

Army officials are experts at following orders--except when it comes to federal marriage law. For the second time in two weeks, the brass at West Point opened its gates to lesbian "wedding" ceremonies in direct defiance of the Defense of Marriage Act. Adding insult to the law's injury, Saturday's service was held in the Cadet Chapel, a 176-year-old house of worship that has been the heartbeat of the Academy's Christian community for almost two centuries.

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Ironically, the backdrop to this whole firestorm is the current debate over the Defense Authorization bill, which is being hashed out in the U.S. Senate as we speak. And if there were ever a case for the amendments of Reps. Todd Akin and Rep. Steve Palazzo, this is it! In the Defense bill that passed out of the House this summer, leaders agreed to language that would hold the Pentagon's boots to the fire on the Defense of Marriage Act by reiterating the military's ban on homosexual "marriage" ceremonies--like this one--on federal property. The men and women in harm's way deserve Congress's reassurance that they won't be exploited even more to advance this administration's agenda. Contact your senators and ask them to adopt the House language in the Defense bill.

First of all, there is no clear language that DOMA prohibts wedding ceremonies on federal property. The federal government will not recognize the marriage, but there is no reason to prohibit a ceremony.

So Reps. Todd Akin (remember him?) and Steve Palazzo want to ban such ceremonies. There was another case recently were these folks were complaining about a legally meaningless commitment ceremony on another military base. They want to write such bans into the law, so I guess if DOMA goes down, military personnel will not be able to marry on military property.

These folks claim to be so concerned about the "men and women in harm's way," yet they have no regard for gay service members or their religious freedom.

[Baltimatt]

Akin will be out of office soon. As far as their crying, they don't like anything that legitimizes homosexuality and do all they can to harm gay families, despite their name and self-description as "pro-family."

[SalisburySage]

The Senate isn't going to vote for the House Bill. Akin and Palazzo are pissing into the wind.