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Related: About this forumRights of same-sex military spouses vary by state
http://www.jdnews.com/news/military/rights-of-same-sex-military-spouses-vary-by-state-1.376914In this Aug. 20, 2014, photo, Jessica Huskey stands by a yellow ribbon placed there by her spouse Nivia Huskey before Nivia's military deployment in Jacksonville, N.C. Last years U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act ensured that federal military benefits extend to same-sex partners and their children. But about two-thirds of active-duty personnel in the U.S. are based in states that don't recognize gay marriages, leaving thousands of military families missing out on legal rights they would enjoy if Uncle Sam had stationed them elsewhere.
Rights of same-sex military spouses vary by state
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press
Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 02:46 PM.
On the wall over her bunk in Kuwait, Marine Cpl. Nivia Huskey proudly displays a collection of sonogram printouts of the baby boy her pregnant spouse is carrying back home in North Carolina. If all goes as planned, the 28-year-old military policewoman will return to Camp Lejeune in time for a January delivery at an on-base hospital.
But the space on the baby's birth certificate marked "Father" will be left blank.
Though her wedding in Washington, D.C., to Jessica Painter Huskey is recognized by the federal government, including the military, Cpl. Huskey is assigned to a battalion based in North Carolina, where state law bans same-sex marriage. She is barred from legally adopting her spouse's biological child, and will have no legal recognition as a parent.
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But about two-thirds of active-duty personnel in the U.S. are based in states that don't recognize gay marriages, leaving thousands of military families missing out on legal rights they would enjoy if Uncle Sam had stationed them elsewhere.
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Rights of same-sex military spouses vary by state (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Sep 2014
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marym625
(17,997 posts)1. I am guardedly hopeful
That the decision on the current case with SCOTUS will cause marriage equality to be the law of the land. Guardedly.
We have to make you a happy camper.
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)2. Which is one reason why calling marriage equality a state's rights issue
is WRONG.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)3. It's also a rather cowardly copout. n/t