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Religious liberty threatened by Homosexual Activism

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Last May, the first same-sex marriage ceremony ever held on a U.S. Military installation was performed at Fort Polk, Louisiana . Although it wasn't legally valid, it created quite an uproar . . . and violated federal law. In response, the House of Representatives passed the following language as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): A military installation or other property owned or rented by, or otherwise under the jurisdiction or control of, the Department of Defense, may not be used to officiate, solemnize, or perform a marriage or marriage-like ceremony involving anything other than the union of one man with one woman. Senators Roger Wicker and James Inhofe have introduced these provisions in the Senate as a stand-alone bill, the "Military Religious Freedom Act of 2012," but the Senate leadership has blocked their efforts every step of the way. But even if the Senate never votes on the Wicker/Inhofe bill, we can still protect the Defen