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Women sailors share first gay kiss in US Navy
The Telegraph ^ | 12/22/2011 | AP Staff

Posted on 12/22/2011 7:02:32 AM PST by IbJensen

A Lesbian couple have become the first to share in the US Navy tradition of the 'first kiss' since the repeal of the American military's "don't ask, don't tell" rule.

(Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta (L) kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach Photo: AP)

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, California, descended from the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship and shared a quick kiss in the rain with her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los Angeles.

Gaeta, 23, wore her Navy dress uniform while Snell, 22, wore a black leather jacket, scarf and blue jeans. The crowd screamed and waved flags around them.

"It's something new, that's for sure," Gaeta told reporters after the kiss. "It's nice to be able to be myself. It's been a long time coming."

For the historical significance of the kiss, there was little to differentiate it from countless others when a Navy ship pulls into its home port following a deployment. Neither the US Navy nor the couple tried to draw attention to what was happening and many onlookers waiting for their loved ones to come off the ship were busy talking among themselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: agenda; bhohomosexualagenda; carpetcleaners; dontaskdonttell; dopeydykes; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; justwrong; military; norfolk; sailors; whitehut
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To: duckworth

That’s probably why I didn’t mention sex in my comment.


61 posted on 12/22/2011 9:23:54 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: Uncle Lonny

Do you think many people would pay money to go through basic training or boot camp?


62 posted on 12/22/2011 9:27:04 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: IbJensen
Too bad none of the presidential candidates will take a stand on this. The captain of this ship ought to get his walking papers the day Obama is out of office.

This isn't about freedom, it is an orchestrated political stunt.

Any military commander who decides to make leftist political decisions should face political consequences.

63 posted on 12/22/2011 9:31:11 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: hopespringseternal
Any military commander who decides to make leftist political decisions should face political consequences.

I wonder if the CO of this ship is playing for both teams?

64 posted on 12/22/2011 9:35:04 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: duckworth
A male can have an orgasm with a nice sun-warmed watermelon.

Ok, just HOW do you know that?

65 posted on 12/22/2011 9:36:51 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: stuartcr
Foreknowledge does not equal (fore)-coercion/(fore)-compelling.

Still peddling your god with the qualities of loki and satan stuartcr?

66 posted on 12/22/2011 9:37:58 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: IbJensen
A local talk show radio host felt that this was just too coincidental that these 2 "happen" to doc at the same time, and "happened" to be picked to meet each other, and there "happened" to be a professional photographer there to "capture the moment". My observation is that if these had been butt-ugly beeches, it wouldn't have got this far. I have a feeling (and I've heard this expressed by others) that this was a staged event, solely for the purpose of gay propaganda.

Please excuse the expression, but This doesn't pass the smell-test...

67 posted on 12/22/2011 9:41:30 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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To: rollo tomasi

Didn’t say it did, but we both agree that God knows who will be a homosexual before He creates them, right?


68 posted on 12/22/2011 9:45:23 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: stuartcr
Do you think they shouldn’t be allowed to experience one of life’s physical pleasures?

Quit it. You have defended and cajoled this long enough.

69 posted on 12/22/2011 9:45:30 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

They didn’t dock together. They are on different ships. It wasn’t staged anymore than any other ship’s return. It is normal for news teams to be at the pier when ships return.


70 posted on 12/22/2011 9:48:41 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: stuartcr

“....Do you think they shouldn’t be allowed to experience one of life’s physical pleasures?...”

I think it’s foolish for society to promote barren nests in the name of freedom. But I can see why THIS society doesn’t care. If I were a homosexual AND a conservative, I’d have enough good sense not to mess around with the customs, mores, laws that favor and nurture life.

Sure, it’s so innocent and even attractive (the girls are pretty and one is even “proudly defending” her country)... the perfect photo. A twinky commercial... but the real message is moral misery of the first magnitude. And even THEY know it. There’s no love in LOVE-INS and there’s nothing gay about gay-parades.


71 posted on 12/22/2011 9:48:41 AM PST by Youaskedforit
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To: central_va

I guess that’s a no.


72 posted on 12/22/2011 9:49:30 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: headstamp 2

2 sailors smoohcing-That’ll be Time’s person of the year next year.


73 posted on 12/22/2011 9:53:00 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (Congress: Looting the future to bribe the present.)
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To: Youaskedforit

They are both in the Navy, on different ships. They held a raffle and she won. The local media is always there when a ship returns from deployment, and someone told the camera team, and here we are.


74 posted on 12/22/2011 9:54:08 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: stuartcr
I guess that’s a no.

Is there a reason that you are so interested in this thread? Do you want to reveal something? You seem to be having a gay old time here.

75 posted on 12/22/2011 9:54:58 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: stuartcr
I guess that’s a no.

Is there a reason that you are so interested in this thread? Do you want to reveal something? You seem to be having a gay old time here.

76 posted on 12/22/2011 9:55:24 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: stuartcr

Sorry, but just a bit too much of a coincidence for me...


77 posted on 12/22/2011 9:55:45 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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To: stuartcr
The local media is always there when a ship returns from deployment,

I made 2 deployments myself and was in Chas Nav Sta many times when ships and subs returned. In 4 years I NEVER saw a news crew or media on the pier. Never.

78 posted on 12/22/2011 9:57:59 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Tanniker Smith; wagglebee; narses; stuartcr; little jeremiah; metmom
Could've been this time. There's a raffle for this honor. They won, and they hadn't even bought the most tickets.

My gut instinct tells me that in this case the "lottery" was rigged.

If it is rigged, considering our pop culture, don't most young people find two women kissing more "palatable" than two men kissing? Compare the success of "Girls Gone Wild" versus "Brokeback Mountain."

Has anyone here seen the beginning of "Watchmen?" Note - I had to turn it off shortly after the start.

This is nothing more than a staged event designed to gain support for a certain agenda.

79 posted on 12/22/2011 10:06:42 AM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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To: stuartcr
Too bad when God creates those individuals that He knows will be homosexuals, He doesn’t remove their ability to have an orgasm.

God created Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. Did God approve of their actions?

80 posted on 12/22/2011 10:11:48 AM PST by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOS!)
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