Tag Archive - Defense of Marriage Act

Chaplains object to DOJ decision to not defend DOMA for service members

By 27 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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ADF Alliance Alert » news from the frontlines of the culture war

ADF Alliance Alert » news from the frontlines of the culture warhttp://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/chaplains-object-to-doj-decision-to-not-defend-doma-for-service-members/WASHINGTON — The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, acting on behalf of more than half of America’s uniformed chaplains, is expressing concern about the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent refusal to defend the Department of Defense against a lawsuit concerning benefits for same-sex couples in the military.

Holder Won’t Defend Military Against Suit to Force Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages

By 20 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Holder Won’t Defend Military Against Suit to Force Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages | CNSNews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/holder-wont-defend-military-against-suit-force-recognition-same-sex-marriagesWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is extending its decision to stop defending an anti-gay marriage law to provisions affecting same-sex couples in the military.

Freedom From Religion

By 14 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Freedom From Religion - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

Freedom From Religion – Opinion – PatriotPost.UShttp://patriotpost.us/opinion/oliver-north/2012/02/10/freedom-from-religion/WASHINGTON — “We don’t need you, so shut up!” That’s the message the Obama administration has sent loud and clear to America’s Roman Catholics. And it’s a message now being sent to U.S. military chaplains — to the detriment of our armed forces.

During World War II, the War Department and the Department of the Navy urged — the operative word is “urged,” not “ordered,” mind you — U.S. military chaplains to encourage soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines that God was on our side in the global battle against fascists, Nazis and the godless heathens running rampant across Asia and the Pacific. The hymns “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” were sung with fervor at chapel services regardless of denomination.

Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military

By 15 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military | CNSnews.com

Defense Bill Will Not Include Provision Legalizing Sodomy, Bestiality in Military | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/defense-bill-will-not-include-provision-legalizing-sodomy-bestiality-military

A House-Senate conference committee has dropped Senate-approved language that would have removed sodomy and bestiality – sex with animals — from military law in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

A spokesman for the House Armed Services Committee told CNSNews.com Wednesday that the Obama administration had “made its pitch” on repealing Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sodomy – but the members of the conference committee “were not persuaded” that the change was needed.

No Senators Spoke Out as the Senate Voted to Repeal Military Laws Against Sodomy and Sex With Animals

By 6 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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No Senator Spoke Out Against Repeal of Military's Ban on Sodomy and Bestiality | CNSnews.com

No Senator Spoke Out Against Repeal of Military’s Ban on Sodomy and Bestiality | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/no-senators-spoke-out-senate-voted-repeal-military-laws-against-sodomy-and-sex-animalsNot a single member of the Senate spoke out last week against a provision of the defense authorization bill, which removes sodomy and sex with animals — bestiality — from the list of prosecutable crimes for the U.S. military.The Senate voted 93 to 7 last Thursday evening to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, which contained a provision to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Article 125 of the UCMJ makes it illegal for anyone in the U.S. military to engage “in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal.”

Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military

By 1 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military | CNSnews.com

Senate Poised to Legalize Sodomy and Bestiality in U.S. Military | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/senate-poised-legalize-sodomy-and-bestiality-us-militaryThe Senate this evening is poised to vote on a defense authorization bill that includes a provision which not only repeals the military law on sodomy, but also repeals the military ban on sex with animals–or bestiality.

On Nov. 15, the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Article 125 of the UCMJ makes it illegal to engage in both sodomy with humans and sex with animals.

Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’

By 3 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’ | CNSnews.comhttp://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/leahy-repealing-doma-all-married-couples-deserve-legal-protectionsThe Senate Judiciary Committee postponed debate and voting on legislation today that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but Chairman Sen. Leahy (D-Vt.), who voted for DOMA’s passage in 1996, said the law “must now be repealed,” adding that the federal government must “recognize that all married couples deserve legal protections.”

Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA

By 27 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/gay-military-members-sue-to-repeal-doma-59647/
Just five weeks after the Pentagon ended the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, gay and lesbian service members are filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced the filing of the federal litigation Thursday. The group is suing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, on behalf of current and former service members.

DOMA challenge imminent, not widely supported

By 24 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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DOMA challenge imminent, not widely supported (OneNewsNow.com)

DOMA challenge imminent, not widely supported (OneNewsNow.com)http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1461456A coalition of military chaplain endorsers is concerned about a radical homosexual organization’s imminent attack against traditional marriage.

Lawsuit: Gay Activists Want Military to Offer Same-Sex Spousal Benefits

By 21 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Lawsuit: Gay Activists Want Military to Offer Same-Sex Spousal Benefits, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/lawsuit-gay-activists-want-military-to-offer-same-sex-spousal-benefits-58554/
A homosexual activist group will be filing a lawsuit this month on behalf of gay, lesbian and bisexual military service members in legal same-sex marriages who want spousal benefits for their partners.

The legal move is evidence of a further chipping away of the Defense of Marriage Act and not unexpected, say supporters of the federal law.

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