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WASHINGTON, D.C. , February 6, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In the waning days of his tenure, outgoing Obama administration defense secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce the expansion of some military dependent benefits to the same-sex “spouses” of homosexual personnel. The new benefits may include housing privileges, access to base recreational facilities and shopping, and joint duty assignments for same-sex couples.    Leon Panetta At least for now, health care coverage and some other benefits will remain off-limits to homosexual couples due to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman in federal law. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month about the constitutionality of the law.  They are expected to rule on the issue before the end of June. The Obama administration has continually sought to expand benefits for homosexual government employees and their partners, as the president has mounted

English: Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Southern California (Video of the speech) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) WASHINGTON, D.C. , June 28, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) –  The Obama administration marked another historic first  on Tuesday by holding the Pentagon ’s  first-ever celebration of “gay pride” month , which included a presentation from a homosexual who said “being gay…is about life.” President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta addressed the precedent-setting event through recorded messages. “I’ve often said that the genius of America is that America can change,” Obama said. “We can pass laws  to right wrongs ...But here’s the thing: change never happens alone.” Panetta hailed diversity as the military’s source of strength. “During Pride Month , and every month, let us celebrate our rich diversity and renew our enduring commitment to equality for all,” he stated.  Brenda “Sue” Felton, who introduced her “wife” from stage, said be

Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, October 13, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A coalition representing more than 2,000 Evangelical Christian military chaplains says its members will not perform homosexual “wedding” ceremonies. The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty announced October 5 that it is joining the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Services to say “no” to the September 30 Pentagon directive authorizing military chaplains to do homosexual “marriages.” “I was stunned at the memorandum that came out last Friday,”  said  Alliance executive director Dr. Ron Crews, who served as chaplain for 38 years.  “It appears to set the Department of Defense in opposition to Congress in that Congress has passed a definition of marriage that is now federal law.” The Alliance says that while the Pentagon acknowledges a chaplain’s right not to participate in homosexual “marriage” ceremonies, the new policy has placed the Pentagon “in the midst of a deeply controversial issue during a  Image via

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2011  – A congressional Armed Services Subcommittee chair has said that September memos by the Pentagon announcing that military chaplains are permitted to officiate in homosexual “marriages” are instructing the military “to do things which are in fact illegal to do.” Republican Representative Todd Akin , of Missouri, said that the memos appear to violate a May 2011 amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act , which instructs that the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) applies to federal employees and federal property. Rep. Todd Akin “If the Department of Defense decides that they are going to have government-paid chaplains on government property performing homosexual marriages, they’re in direct violation of DOMA,” Akin told  CNSNews.com . “When you see essentially laws being created or ignored by the executive branch, that says we are bordering on lawlessness.” The Pentagon announced September 30 that military chaplains can officiate at hom

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. military ’s ban on open homosexuality officially ended Tuesday, and gay recruits began trickling towards recruiting table s this week. President Obama signs the law repealing military policy law during a ceremony December 22, 2010 in Washington, DC. “Today, every American can be proud that we have taken another great step toward keeping our military the finest in the world and toward fulfilling our nation’s founding ideals,” said President Obama in a statement. A rainbow flag-bedecked recruiting area awaited applicants to the Marines in Tulsa, where the  New York Times  followed Marine officials who were invited to the city’s largest gay community center to seek applicants. Expecting a clash with angry protesters, news cameras found little action, either favoring or opposing the change: by 3 pm, the recruiting booth was visited by three lesbians, none of them ideal recru Image via Wikipedia its, reports the NYT . The military policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’

Image via Wikipedia The Obama administration is on the brink of officially repealing the military’s ban on open homosexuality. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce Friday afternoon that he has certified the change will not affect military readiness, according to Pentagon officials.  Panetta and Navy Admiral Mike Mullen will be meeting with President Obama at 2:45 p.m. Friday in the Oval Office , after which the announcement could take place. Once certified by Panetta and President Obama, the ban would be expected to end in another 60 days. Congress in December passed a preemptive repeal of DADT , which depended upon assurance from the Pentagon that the repeal would not disrupt military readiness. While administration officials claimed that a report released in November of last year proved that the repeal would be harmless, that claim has been the subject of fierce opposition from conservative groups, who note that the results from the study show an overwhelming