Women sailors share first gay kiss in US Navy

The Telegraph ^ | 12/22/2011 | AP Staff

[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.

[central_va]

I think he has a gay old time.

[stuartcr]

Well, it is the last day before vacation, gotta do something. Besides, the ship is right outside, and some people didn’t have all the facts. Just trying to help the thread along.

I guess all the people that keep asking me questions and responding are trolls also, ‘cause they’ve been here all this time also!!

[DJ MacWoW]

You’re still a troll and hate God.

[DJ MacWoW]

stuartcr’s problem is with God. He blames God for everything instead of man’s sinful nature.

[stuartcr]

OK, Merry Christmas

[metmom]

So he knows what we’re going to do before we do it.

What of it?

How doses that make any difference in what I decide?

[MNJohnnie]

So instead of having Free Will you want God to make you a lobotomized robot who can only do what he wants?

[metmom]

stuartcr’s problem is with God. He blames God for everything instead of man’s sinful nature.

Something everyone who has a cursory encounter with stuartcr immediately picks up on.

Blame shifting is not going to wash with God.

[stuartcr]

Do you believe God can be wrong about what He knows will happen?

[MNJohnnie]

Women sailors share first gay kiss in US Navy

Well maybe the 1st published gay kiss, it is the Navy after all.....

[stuartcr]

I have no problem with doing what God wants, as do many here that say they want to do God’s bidding. I’m just very thankful that so far, He hasn’t wanted me to do something illegal or wrong.

[DJ MacWoW]

God is never wrong. And His knowledge does not affect ours or our choices. What you fail to grasp is that man is affected by time. God is not.

[MNJohnnie]

In which case your mind would be completely incapable of even conceptualizing God. He would simply be your complete reality. You mind would be incapable of any though not subject to his control

[metmom]

You’re batting 1000 today.

That is vying for idiotic post of the day.

There is no answering a question that stupid. It doesn’t even make sense. Do you ever think through what you are saying?

[stuartcr]

What exactly does time have to do with God knowing what you are going to do? Please explain this.

[metmom]

I have no problem with doing what God wants, as do many here that say they want to do God’s bidding. I’m just very thankful that so far, He hasn’t wanted me to do something illegal or wrong.

You have demonstrated the most abysmal knowledge of God's character of anyone I have ever seen.

Here's a clue for the clueless. If you ever think someone is telling you to do something wrong or illegal, it ain't God.

[stuartcr]

I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Him, so ok.

[stuartcr]

I wonder why it is, that you always say something like this, instead of just answering yes or no???

[stuartcr]

That’s good stuff to know, thanks.

[longtermmemmory]

the trolls are just using religion as a distraction in order to block the use of logic and reason to demonstrate how this is just plain wrong in any part of society.