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?Will gay military spouses receive benefits after repeal??

By Alliance Alert

LezGetReal: "Austin R. Nimocks, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, told The Washington Times, 'It?s most likely under the current scenario that the military would follow DOMA because the marriage license held by a same-sex couple is a state-conferred right and not a federal-conferred right. And so there is no requirement that the federal government acknowledge that state-conferred right in that regard. I think that federal DOMA would necessarily constrict the ability of the military to provide some sort of recognition to a marriage license held by a same-sex couple.' . . . The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee . . . asked Secretary Gates if he will recommend that Congress repeal DOMA . . . A spokesman for Gates declined to comment."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).