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Fort Bragg chapel holds first same-sex ceremony
The Fayetteville Observer ^ | Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 | Drew Brooks

Posted on 12/22/2013 6:44:37 AM PST by Salman

Three years ago, Maj. Daniel Toven couldn’t imagine being married, let alone having a ceremony in Fort Bragg’s Main Post Chapel. Like all gay soldiers at the time, he was living under the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” — a policy that kept separated his personal life and his work.

But after a whirlwind of changes that began with the repeal of the ban in 2011, Toven and his partner, Johnathan Taylor, have broken ground.

The pair, who wed in Washington, D.C., in August, blessed their marriage before more than 100 people at Fort Bragg on Saturday.

The ceremony — while not technically a wedding, which would be barred by state law — is believed to be the first for a same-sex couple at Fort Bragg.

The couple exchanged vows and were blessed in front of their family and friends packed in the chapel, which dates to 1934.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bhodod; chaplain; fortbragg; gayagenda; homosexualagenda; obamalegacy
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To: madprof98

I’ll start supporting the military again when Barry Sinclair Obama is no longer sodomizing the military that I served in for 25 years. No one tells anyone to join the US military. Anyone that has joined since the fag-loving Sinclair-Obama became commander in chief of that military has no support from me. They knew what they were getting into and apparently the sodomization of the services does not bother the vast majority of them. I support veterans. I am lifemember of the VVA, DAF, and VFW. So to all active duty soldiers with any morals left, show your support for God and country and do NOT REENLIST when you come is up. And for all you men out there in this country that are thinking of joining the Armed Services, the ones that have any morals I am talking about, do yourself a favor and go to some trade school and learn how to build something. You will be supporting your fellow man in their basic needs without compromising your principles in the process.


21 posted on 12/22/2013 7:05:52 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Rather than love, than money, than fame, then give truth" ~ Henry David Thoreau)
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To: greene66

Do you actually KNOW anyone in the military today?


22 posted on 12/22/2013 7:07:21 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Salman

“Be not deceived. God is not mocked.” Galatians 6:7. No matter what the cowardly surrender monkeys in our military brass say, this is no “marriage” in God’s eyes.

They may have “blessed” their fornicating life style, but God certainly doesn’t.


23 posted on 12/22/2013 7:07:52 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Salman

“In Your Face, America!”


24 posted on 12/22/2013 7:08:55 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all my fellow Americans. "Whatever" to everybody else!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Sick bastards, all of them.

Odumbo is definitely in control.


25 posted on 12/22/2013 7:09:55 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: NKP_Vet

I will not be sharing your advice with my just commissioned Marine 2nd Lt son. I am not really into surrender as an option.


26 posted on 12/22/2013 7:10:43 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: lowbridge
Do not blame the military.

The people in the photo are not members of the military?

27 posted on 12/22/2013 7:11:31 AM PST by madprof98
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To: Salman

This is to be celebrated?


28 posted on 12/22/2013 7:12:48 AM PST by GeorgeTex (Obama-The Ultimate Terrorist Weapon.)
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To: madprof98

Yes they are. BUT how many of them are there voluntarily. Thats what id like to know. If any of them are, there are millions more who wouldnt attend this ceremony.


29 posted on 12/22/2013 7:16:44 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: Salman

That’s enough to gag a maggot.
And this fairy expects to lead men into combat?


30 posted on 12/22/2013 7:18:54 AM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: Salman

What happens when a military brother and sister want to “marry?”


31 posted on 12/22/2013 7:19:05 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Salman

From the picture it looks like the guys with the swords are trying like hell not to laugh at these two queens.


32 posted on 12/22/2013 7:19:49 AM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: don-o

And also anyone that gets a ticket on the US installation called Fort Bragg, REFUSE to pay it in a NC court room. If queers think they can get “married” on a federal installation and it’s legal, even though the state that installation is located on does not allow sodomite “marriage”, refuse to pay the state of NC one dime if you get a spending ticket driving though the base. Cite the two queers “marriage” and how they ignored the law of the state and went right ahead with their “marriage”. Take it to the NC Supreme Court.

What I am trying to say is their “marriage” is not only illegal in the eyes of God it is illegal in the state of NC and the Episcopal “pastor” who broke NC law by performing the ceremony should be arrested. If you are stationed on Fort Bragg you have to abide ALL THE LAWS of the state of North Carolina. End of story. See how many liberal TV stations will say the “marriage” was illegal? Not a damn one, including Fox News.


33 posted on 12/22/2013 7:22:41 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Rather than love, than money, than fame, then give truth" ~ Henry David Thoreau)
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To: Salman

This is where I lose it. I don’t care if people want to bung each other all day, nine if my business...but I DO care when my TAX DOLLARS support something I consider vile. You and I paid for this wedding, the facilities and the uniforms.


34 posted on 12/22/2013 7:29:03 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (...and to the Republic for which it stood.)
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To: Salman
The good news: this end-state cultural rot is self correcting.

The bad news: the correction will be hell on earth.

Link to the full-text Free Republic thread.

35 posted on 12/22/2013 7:29:10 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: don-o

What a horrible position for a young military officer of strong morals to be in.

If a young Marine complains to him that his SGT is making gay passes at him, what does the young officer do?

This is just sick....sick....sick.....


36 posted on 12/22/2013 7:31:32 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: greene66

My son is a Master Sgt in the Air Force and he definitely does not agree with this disgusting policy, so don’t judge.


37 posted on 12/22/2013 7:37:43 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
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To: Salman

Nativity Scene Ordered Removed from Air Base

Airmen at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina were ordered to take down a Nativity scene only hours after they put it up, military officials said.
The Nativity scene was erected in advance of the base’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Airmen said they sent an email to base commanders asking if they could put up a Nativity scene — and invited servicemen of other faiths to create a display of their own. After receiving no such offers, the airmen went ahead with the scene.
Shortly after it went up, base commanders received a phone call from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The group’s president, Mikey Weinstein, said he’d received calls from personnel at the base complaining about the Nativity scene, the Sumter, S.C., newspaper the Item reported Tuesday.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/12/12/nativity-scene-ordered-removed-from-air-base.html

Pentagon, DOD Pride celebrate gays in military

The Pentagon on Tuesday toasted gays in the military, with a top adviser to President Obama declaring the country is “safer” now that they may serve openly in the ranks.

“Because we repealed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ our military ... is stronger and our country is safer, more equal and more just,” said Valerie Jarrett, the keynote speaker at the Pentagon’s gay pride celebration.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2013/06/27/pentagon-dod-pride-celebrate-gays-in-military/


38 posted on 12/22/2013 7:38:18 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Salman

I knew the America destroyers would get Hollyweird, the “media”, the schools and BIG business but I never thought they’d get the military. What a shame. If this is “evolution”, I don’t want any part of it.


39 posted on 12/22/2013 7:38:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all my fellow Americans. "Whatever" to everybody else!)
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To: Salman
this just in.....


40 posted on 12/22/2013 7:40:01 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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