The US Department of Defense has announced plans to offer special marriage benefits to same-sex couples—exceeding the benefits currently offered to heterosexual couples.
The Pentagon has said that a member of the armed service will be given 7 days of paid leave to travel to a state that allows same-sex marriage. The benefit will be expanded to 10 days for those serving overseas. This benefit is not available to service members planning heterosexual weddings.
Pentagon plans special bonus for same-sex marriages : News Headlines - Catholic Culture
The US Department of Defense has announced plans to offer special marriage benefits to same-sex couples—exceeding the benefits currently offered to heterosexual couples.
The Pentagon has said that a member of the armed service will be given 7 days of paid leave to travel to a state that allows same-sex marriage. The benefit will be expanded to 10 days for those serving overseas. This benefit is not available to service members planning heterosexual weddings.
Pentagon plans special bonus for same-sex marriages : News Headlines - Catholic Culture
The US Department of Defense has announced plans to offer special marriage benefits to same-sex couples—exceeding the benefits currently offered to heterosexual couples.
The Pentagon has said that a member of the armed service will be given 7 days of paid leave to travel to a state that allows same-sex marriage. The benefit will be expanded to 10 days for those serving overseas. This benefit is not available to service members planning heterosexual weddings.
Pentagon plans special bonus for same-sex marriages : News Headlines - Catholic Culture
All members earn 30 days a year and all are granted leave on a regular basis for anything including getting married. I bet they are not granted 7 extra days. The story very artfully fails to address it directly.
Some gay troops to get extra 'marriage leave' | Navy Times | navytimes.com
Is that a better link for you?
The "extra benefit" only exists to compensate for an extra burden. As Observer put it, stop discriminating against gays and they won't need special measures to overcome that discrimination.
Baloney!
Every other military person that wants to get married has to take time out of their accrued leave and they manage to get it done just fine. This just goes back to the whole "It's not equal treatment you want. It's special treatment."
Baloney!
Every other military person that wants to get married has to take time out of their accrued leave and they manage to get it done just fine. This just goes back to the whole "It's not equal treatment you want. It's special treatment."
It will be unequal treatment once you no longer have to travel to a whole other state to marry someone because of gender-based discrimination.
Did you not read our link, it says regardless of it you are gay or not. Hetro get the same.
Am I speaking Chinese here?
To compensate for the fact that same-sex couples cannot legally marry in 37 states, DoD will grant special leave to gay troops who want to get married but are stationed more than 100 miles from a state that legally recognizes same-sex marriages.
No, but apparently you didn't read your own post, not even the portion you quoted in this very thread:
Maybe you should take an extra few seconds to study your own material before you take a personal shot at someone whose read disagreed with yours.
It will be unequal treatment once you no longer have to travel to a whole other state to marry someone because of gender-based discrimination.
Baloney!
Every other military person that wants to get married has to take time out of their accrued leave and they manage to get it done just fine. This just goes back to the whole "It's not equal treatment you want. It's special treatment."
That was from a movie. I cant really believe they would do that. Maybe that is why I keep reading it wrong. If that is true it is truly an outrage.
I still dont beleive gays get 7 more days leave.
Do you think straight people and their buddies who will be in the wedding do not have to travel for weddings?
NO, I do now I just dont believe they would do that. lighten up Francis. (another Movie)
Of course they do, but whereas I believe individual people have a right to be free of gender-based discriimination (or in this case to enjoy benefits intended to offset said discriimination), I do not believe that "buddies" have a right to be there. I'm sure they want to be, but oh well.
The US Department of Defense has announced plans to offer special marriage benefits to same-sex couples—exceeding the benefits currently offered to heterosexual couples.
The Pentagon has said that a member of the armed service will be given 7 days of paid leave to travel to a state that allows same-sex marriage. The benefit will be expanded to 10 days for those serving overseas. This benefit is not available to service members planning heterosexual weddings.
Pentagon plans special bonus for same-sex marriages : News Headlines - Catholic Culture
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