Lesbian army couple ties the knot

news.com.au ^ | 2 February 2006

[Aussie Dasher]

A LESBIAN couple has become the first in the British army to tie the knot under the country's new civil partnership laws.

Sonya Gould, 19, and Vanessa Haydock, 18, both privates in the Royal Logistics Corps, exchanged vows before friends and family at the register office in Chippenham, Wiltshire in the west of England, The Sun newspaper reported today.

"It was wonderful to get married and being the first was the icing on the cake. We want to be together forever," said Haydock, pictured in The Sun kissing Gould in uniform – albeit not smack on the lips.

While they are the first homosexual couple in the British army to get hitched, they are not the first in the armed forces, after two Royal Air Force women sealed their civil partnership before Christmas last year.

"As an equal opportunities employer, the armed forces seeks to reflect the diverse community it serves," said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, which until February 2000 banned gays and lesbians from the armed services.

"We are pleased that serving personnel who are registered in a same-sex relationship now have equal rights to those enjoyed by married couples."

Same-sex civil partnerships became possible on December 5 last year when a law came into force allowing gay and lesbian couples to obtain the same rights as heterosexuals in areas such as employment, pension and inheritance.

[Aussie Dasher]

Those poms are in a bad way...

[bikepacker67]

Do they get to share a foxhole?

[jdm]

"Do they get to share a foxhole?"

Yeah, two of them.

[Aussie Dasher]

Yeah, I know..and can you watch...

[onyx]

How special. HURL

[A message]

Women who engage in homosexuality have an army now?

Oh, oh, oh, I read it, they are in the army.

Nevermind. very dry sarcasm

[DuckFan4ever]

An 18 year old marrying a 19 year old. Yeah, they'll be together forever.

[bikepacker67]

An 18 year old marrying a 19 year old. Yeah, they'll be together forever.

Hey man... forever is relative!

[Scribbz]

Bareback Foxhole

Ha ha ha ha

Love you forever baby!!!!!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Let me understand this, there is an entire Army of lesbians in Britain?

Are you sure it not just what's left of the Highland Regiments in kilts?

[Terriergal]

Whatever happened to don't ask, don't tell?

[Aussie Dasher]

It's been replaced with "It pays to advertise"!

[Terriergal]

I'm wondering why no homosexual male military couples have signed up to get married?

[Aussie Dasher]

Maybe Rule 1 applies...

[Teacher317]

"As an equal opportunities employer, the armed forces seeks to reflect the diverse community it serves," said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence

Odd. I thought the military was a government arm responsible for defending the nation and causing great destruction upon their enemies. Devotion to diversity cannot help achieve those ends, and they can certainly hinder the attempts to do so.

[familyop]

They're decomposing what's left of the British military. Enlistment numbers will fall there, and/or the quality of recruits will fall.

[canuck_conservative]

i wonder if the London bookies have a wager on how long the union will last?

[SFC Chromey]

LOL, at first I thought that said Lebanese...oops!

[Brian Allen]

<< Those poms are in a bad way... >>

Those poms are WAY past "a bad way ..."

Those poms are ROOTED.

[But not in the normal, God-given, way]

[Aussie Dictionary: "Americans be particularly careful with this one which has nothing to do with offering encouragement to your team [My Broncos] - but describes the fundamentally biological act that results in the procreation of the species."

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

They may have a shot at being the first the divorce under the new law !

[Aussie Dasher]

Yeah...they're well and truly rooted!

[Brian Allen]

<< LOL, at first I thought that said Lebanese .... >>

Me too.

And second I thought that given they're all on the same side, what's the difference?

No shades of evil 'round here!

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

any word on where their honeymoon was ?

[TheCrusader]

"A LESBIAN couple has become the first in the British army to tie the knot under the country's new civil partnership laws."

Oh well, at least they were both excited over the wedding.

[Dashing Dasher]

Whatever happened to don't ask, don't tell?

It's turned into...

Shut up already!

[albee]

""Do they get to share a foxhole?" Yeah, two of them."

TOUCHE'

LOL!!!

[Valin]

"As an equal opportunities employer, the armed forces seeks to reflect the diverse community it serves,"

But what about the left handed albino midget community? How many left handed albino midgets do they have! DIVERSITY HA!

[Triggerhippie]

any word on where their honeymoon was ?

Only that they were off lickety-split.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

yeah,

Maybe they came to the US and had it in Licking County, Ohio.

[El Gato]

I'm wondering why no homosexual male military couples have signed up to get married?

AFAIK no couples where both are in the Army, but one guy has left his wife and kids, kicking them out of Army quarters, and "married" his civilian male lover, and brought him to live in government quarters. (Actually the story said the barracks, but I hope the H#)) that wasn't right, even in the British Army... In the Royal Navy, OTOH, it was SOP until recently, WW-II or thereabouts)

[gr8eman]

Does this mean the carpets in the barracks will be extra clean?

[MonroeDNA]

Divorce in two years.

[EternalVigilance]

The destruction of the West continues apace...

[metesky]

Sonya Gould, 19, and Vanessa Haydock, 18,

Oh yeah, that gonna last forever...

I got your hay dock right here, kids.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sounds like they decided to get married lickety-split.

[tonycavanagh]

re :Those poms are in a bad way...

There were dykes in the Army when I first joined in 1981. As long as they can deliver the goods when needed

[No Longer Free State]

"As an equal opportunities employer, the armed forces seeks to reflect the diverse community it serves," said a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence

I'll bet this guy was choking on his own bile as he said it.

[ErnBatavia]

pictured in The Sun kissing in uniform – albeit not smack on the lips.

Thank goodness for small favors...

[metesky]

Not gonna say it... wouldn't be prudent.

[Bigg Red]

An 18 year old marrying a 19 year old. Yeah, they'll be together forever.

&&
Two homos getting married is not forever either -- male or female.

[Terriergal]

yikes. I can't believe these guys can actually have any practical level of team cohesion... ergh.