Login | Register

Most Popular Choices

3

Justice Dept backs equal benefits for gay couples in military

Quicklink Submitted By Amanda Lang No comments

Amanda Lang

Become a Fan
(9 fans)

The Obama administration on Friday said it would not defend the constitutionality of statutes blocking same-sex military spouses from receiving marriage benefits -- including rights to visitation in military hospitals, survivor benefits, and burial together in military cemeteries.

In a letter to the House speaker, John A. Boehner, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that the Justice Department shared the view of plaintiffs in a lawsuit in Massachusetts that such laws -- including a part of the Defense of Marriage Act, and statutes governing veterans' benefits -- are unconstitutional.

Good for the administration.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com

Rate It | View Ratings

Amanda Lang Social Media Pages:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.

Related Topic(s): Equality-Inequity; Justice Department; Marriage; Military GLBT Policy; Military Support For Soldiers And Vetera; Military Survivor Benefits; Veterans, Add Tags

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEdNews, please become a premium member.

"Humans have spent 99 percent of our developmental time in the wild kingdom, which tutored us in what Rob Kall calls bottom-up values?small, local, interdependent, respectful, egalitarian and decentralized -- and which the world desperately needs in order to balance out some of the darker impulses of top-down values. His faith that bottom-up values represent a critical re-balancing act for humanity, if not an outright better mousetrap, is compelling and hard-won, and I offer him a high-five for his courageous inquiry into the deep wisdom inherent in our age-old intimacy with natural rhythms, native intelligences, and interconnectedness."

Gregg Levoy, author of Callings and Vital Signs

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

Bluntly speaking, pick a side! by Bob Gaydos ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Sadly by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Netanyahu at the UN: The War He Won Only in His Own Speech by Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Eclipse as Cosmic Muse by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The End of Recessions in the United States? by Joel Joseph ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Eating Healthy is Do-able / Eating healthily on the fly (plus thoughts on hypoglycemia) by Gary Lindorff ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Big Question About the UN Security Council's Gaza Ceasefire Resolution by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Awful Transformation of Bernie Sanders by earl ofari hutchinson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump's UN Speech Changes Nothing: Why Iran's New York Diplomacy May Deepen the Stalemate by Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

It's the IDIOCRACY Stupid! by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Myriad Ways You Can Help OpEdNews by Rob Kall ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

"A Review of the History of the State of Israel; David Ben-Gurion on Expulsion by Steven Jonas ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

And So, This Is What? by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

To Beat China, Russia, India, and Japan in New Space Race, We Need Political Will to Get Back Where We Were 50 Years Ago by Robert Weiner ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The chasm between TB and HIV continues by Citizen News Service - CNS ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

IMAGINING OUR FUTURE: PERILS AND PROMISE Story 1: The Global Brain Is Waking Up by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

End the 1917 Espionage Act by John Hawkins ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump "is playing silly games with the serious, cherished beliefs of millions of Americans." by Lance Moore ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

RFK Jr., Vaccine Policy, and the Return of Measles by Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Positive Visions of the Future by Blair Gelbond ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Museum Adventure in Philadelphia--The Workshop of the World by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Iran War Is the Biggest Strategic Blunder in US History (w/ John Mearsheimer) | TCHR by Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Supreme Court gets one right by Bob Gaydos ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Myth of Bypassing Hormuz by Abbas Sadeghian, Ph.D. ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

After opening Pandora's box by Katie Singer ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links