The Freedom to Marry emerges as an Issue in Congressional Debate on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

March 08, 2010

Rowan Scarborough reporting for The Washington Times:

"'The irony is that if gay people were saying we should have a special right not to serve, the anti-gay groups would be clamoring to force gay people into the military,' Mr. Wolfson said in a statement. 'There is no good reason for denying gay Americans either the ability and duty to serve our country or the freedom to marry, with the same rules, same responsibilities, and same respect as any other committed couples.'

Standing in the way is the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Five states and the District of Columbia now allow same-sex marriage. The act says other states do not have to recognize those unions, and it defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman."

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