Two Days Ago Gays Could Marry On Military Bases. Today, Not So Much
Put away the champagne and wedding remix of the Village People’s “In The Navy” because the Navy has reversed their decision to allow gay marriages on their bases. The memorandum from Chief of Chaplains, Rear Admiral M.L. Tidd, suspended his earlier memorandum saying, “[it] is hereby suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and inter-Departmental coordination.” Did the Navy cave to the pressure by Representative Todd Akin and other House Republicans who said that the marriages would directly contradict DOMA?
You know what, that sounds stupid on second reading. Never mind.
There is just ONE thing, though: not saying they can is not the same thing as saying they can’t.
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Because of course, in the Declaration of Independence, right after “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” it says “Unless it upsets bigots.”
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There’s also the more optimistic view that this is just waiting for a more opportune time… like after the DADT repeal is finalized, so as not to make things more difficult (with the current Congress, not with real people) than necessary.