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AP sources: Pentagon extending benefits for gays

By The Associated Press
From page A8 | February 06, 2013 | 2 Comments

WASHINGTON — The military is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of service members, U.S. officials said Tuesday, about 16 months after the Pentagon repealed its ban on openly gayservice.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has not made a final decision on which benefits will be included, the officials said, but the Pentagon is likely to allow same-sex partners to have access to the on-base commissary and other military subsidized stores, as well as some health and welfare programs.

Panetta must walk a fine, legal line. While there has been increased pressure on the Pentagon to extend some benefits to same-sex partners, defense officials must be careful not to violate the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. The federal law forbids the federal government from recognizing any marriage other than those between a man and a woman.

An announcement is expected to come in the next several days. Officials discussed the plan on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly speak about internal Pentagon deliberations.

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RichFebruary 06, 2013 - 1:08 pm
Base housing---its not just for married couples and kids anymore. Isn't that special? Gee, I can't wait for the first child to get molested and the command covers it up so as not to offend their political bosses and their agenda from Sodom and Gommorah. Gee, I suppose the troops are going to just accept this crap and not protest this along with all the other social destruction garbage they are shoveling at us in the name of diversity perversity rights.
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Mr. PracticalFebruary 06, 2013 - 4:22 pm
You're living proof that intelligence and ignorance can exist in the same person.
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