Obama admin. threatens states that refuse same-sex ‘marriage’ benefits for the National Guard
WASHINGTON, D.C. , November 27, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – During a speech in October, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel slammed the decision by some U.S. states to defy a Pentagon directive ordering states that do not recognize same-sex “marriage” to process spousal benefits for gay members of the National Guard . He also threatened further legal action against those states. Since then, six of the nine states that initially resisted the directive have caved in to the Pentagon’s demands, including Texas, which had been the first to announce its intention to buck the order. Texas cut a deal with the DOD late Tuesday allowing homosexuals to apply for benefits at state-owned military facilities as long as the federal government provided extra staff and funding to handle those requests. But according to Michael Boldin, Executive Director of the Tenth Amendment Center , which studies conflicts between the federal government and the states, the Constitution is on the states’ side. B