Navy Halts Move To Allow Gay Unions By Chaplains

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(05-10) 20:20 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

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 obtained by The Associated Press, 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 gay marriage is legal.

Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly began earlier this year and is expected to be completed by midsummer.

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Guess I shouldn't be surprised. But, damn :-(

It's all about the hate.

The "more than five dozen HOUSE lawmakers" (names?) wanted it stopped.

Isn't that being an "over reaching government"?

I get it, Osama is the media love child right now, but seriously, why is this allowed to happen?

Notice, the Head of the Navy Chaplins had already approved the decision. It took several congressmen, who are probably on, say, the House Arms Committee and are looking over next year's budget to blackmail - err, "question" the Navy into stepping back on the issue.
The military does not really have a lot of self-direction on what it can do; meddling congresspeople can easily suggest that the policies go a certain way or they may see funding for, say, base housing and services to be cut over the next five years, or more bases be BRAC'ed.
This was not their choice. And there wasn't much the Administration can do about it when it if the Navy is forced to choose between operational funding in FY12 or 13, and something that is ultimatly seen as a social or morale issue.

Haele

Stalling isn't going to get anything done.

These people are so damn stupid. Don't they see that historically the civil liberty groups have virtually always won out in the long run. Just wasting time and tax-payers dollars.