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Marines Tell Spouses Clubs: Admit Same-Sex Spouses - ABC News


NEW YORK – The Marine Corps has advised its legal staff that spouses clubs operating on its installations must admit same-sex spouses if they wish to remain on the bases.
It's a step that the other service branches have not yet announced as they grapple with how to accommodate same-sex couples following repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly.
Underscoring the challenges, the Marines' advisory -- obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press -- refers to an ongoing controversy at the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina where the officers' spouses club has denied admission to a same-sex spouse.
"We do not want a story like this developing in our backyard," the Marines' memo says.


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more discrimination bites the dust, one step at a time equal rights is winning and will prevail.

Good job Marines! :2usflag:
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

If it is on base it is at least using federal space. It is a good thing.
Are these not private clubs for specific people? That's not equality that is bullying.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Are these not private clubs for specific people? That's not equality that is bullying.

Um, no, it's on a military base.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Are these not private clubs for specific people? That's not equality that is bullying.

Private clubs operating on a military base. While on the military base, you must adhere to military rules on who is allowed.

The simple solution is if these "spouses clubs" are so butt hurt about it, they can move their happy arses off the base.
 
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Private clubs operating on a military base. While on the military base, you must adhere to military rules on who is allowed.

The simple solution is if these "spouses clubs" are so butt hurt about it, they can move their happy arses off the base.

Why would the gay "spouses" even want to attend if they know they aren't wanted. That is stupid.
 
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Why would the gay "spouses" even want to attend if they know they aren't wanted. That is stupid.

Why would the spouses clubs want to be on the base if they have to admit people they don't want? And just FYI, its SOME people that don't want to admit gays. Not every club has this issue.
 
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Why would the spouses clubs want to be on the base if they have to admit people they don't want? And just FYI, its SOME people that don't want to admit gays. Not every club has this issue.

Why is the military wanting to change something that has been established and accepted for years and was NEVER a problem?
 
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No, it's stupid and the Corps is just trying to avoid the hubub that comes when gays are denied anything they want. Military spouses clubs are a cooperative effort between the service and the civilian spouses to support the active duty personnel. By forcing this they could very well split the clubs driving some off base. Eventually that becomes one club having more connection to support services with the host service than the other, the very condition the services want to avoid in the first place.
 
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Why is the military wanting to change something that has been established and accepted for years and was NEVER a problem?

Actually it WAS a problem. Now it has been solved. I'm sure countries like Iran might be more to your liking, I hear they hate gays too.
 
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Actually it WAS a problem. Now it has been solved. I'm sure countries like Iran might be more to your liking, I hear they hate gays too.

Similarly there are countries that like to give gays anything they desire that may be more to YOUR liking. Why aren't you already there considering this bend over for anything gay movement is relatively new to America.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Similarly there are countries that like to give gays anything they desire that may be more to YOUR liking. Why aren't you already there considering this bend over for anything gay movement is relatively new to America.

I'm sure you've checked the polls, but there are more people that support gays than are against them. Need a plane ticket out too?
 
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I'm sure you've checked the polls, but there are more people that support gays than are against them. Need a plane ticket out too?

Busted meme alert. Means nothing here if those people are all in the same state and/or non-voters. The facts are that when people are given the vote, all but a small handfull of states have voted against allowing gay marriage.
 
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Are these not private clubs for specific people? That's not equality that is bullying.


#1 - No they are not "private clubs" they are usually sponsored by the relevant command for the betterment and support of all spouses and usually work close with the command ombudsman.

#2 - No one is stopping any group from forming their own "private club" and excluding whomever they wish, it's just that they would not be command sponsored to operate onboard the military installation.



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Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Similarly there are countries that like to give gays anything they desire that may be more to YOUR liking. Why aren't you already there considering this bend over for anything gay movement is relatively new to America.

Back in the 60's were you arguing that niggers are ridiculous thinking they should be able to sit in the front of the bus? They just want everything now don't they? How dare these people think they have the same rights as me!
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Why would the gay "spouses" even want to attend if they know they aren't wanted. That is stupid.


Why would you assume that Spouse Clubs don't want Spouses to join?


The Ft. Bragg case arose because, at the time, the woman was the spouse of an Army Lt. Col. but due to DOMA was not eligible for a Dependent ID card which was a requirement under the by-laws at the time. With DOMA (Section 3) being unconstitutional, same-sex spouses not get Dependent ID cards so that issue no longer exists.



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Why is the military wanting to change something that has been established and accepted for years and was NEVER a problem?


You may have heard...

................ Section 3 of DOMA was overturned, therefore the Federal government recognizes all legal Civil Marriages entered into under state law.


....................................The military is part of the Federal government.



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Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Why is the military wanting to change something that has been established and accepted for years and was NEVER a problem?

It's not the military who's forcing change.

There have been a lot of changes with in the military over the past 4 1/2 years while President Obama "Redefines the purpose and character of the U.S. military." Political activist booths on military installations with a drag queen side show. Gender friendy toilets. Mass shootings on "gun free zone" military installations just to name a few.

It's left wing agitators who are causing problems with in the military that didn't exist some years ago.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Back in the 60's were you arguing that niggers are ridiculous thinking they should be able to sit in the front of the bus? They just want everything now don't they? How dare these people think they have the same rights as me!

What I have noticed, after all of the griping back during the 60's, blacks still seem to want to sit in the back of the bus.
 
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What I have noticed, after all of the griping back during the 60's, blacks still seem to want to sit in the back of the bus.

At least you're funny. They should have a choice, just like gays, to live their lives with the same benefits, equality, opportunities, as any other average person.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

It's not the military who's forcing change.

There have been a lot of changes with in the military over the past 4 1/2 years while President Obama "Redefines the purpose and character of the U.S. military." Political activist booths on military installations with a drag queen side show. Gender friendy toilets. Mass shootings on "gun free zone" military installations just to name a few.

It's left wing agitators who are causing problems with in the military that didn't exist some years ago.

Fair enough!
 
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At least you're funny. They should have a choice, just like gays, to live their lives with the same benefits, equality, opportunities, as any other average person.

I actually knew and know and spoke to blacks who lived during the 50's and 60's in the urban cities of the South who were forbidden from riding in the front of a bus or where they could sit when eating a sandwich. I listen to them.

But I don't listen to white leftist agitators, the majority who never lived in the South back during the era of the Jim Crow Laws always rubbing salt into the wounds and thinking they are the spoke holes for all black Americans.
 
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Are you really saying the blacks liked sitting in the back of the bus?
I actually knew and know and spoke to blacks who lived during the 50's and 60's in the urban cities of the South who were forbidden from riding in the front of a bus or where they could sit when eating a sandwich. I listen to them.

But I don't listen to white leftist agitators, the majority who never lived in the South back during the era of the Jim Crow Laws always rubbing salt into the wounds and thinking they are the spoke holes for all black Americans.
 
Re: Marines tell spouses clubs to admit same-sex spouses Read more: http://www.foxne

Back in the 60's were you arguing that niggers are ridiculous thinking they should be able to sit in the front of the bus? They just want everything now don't they? How dare these people think they have the same rights as me!

Nice try, but yet another busted meme. I know memes are easy and they save having to think for the mentally lazy, but you really don't need to rely upon them as you seem to. Gay marriage doesn't equate to constitutional equal rights.
 
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