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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: TADSLOS

“I’ve got your back” no longer sounds so re-assuring.

I used to joke that we would have quotas (”goals”) for promotion for homosexuals as individuals, and for units as a whole.

For instance, a unit could either be 10% homosexual, or 100% homosexual, 10% of the time.

Perhaps an individual would need a bi-annual re-certification of bi-sexuality to qualify for the promotion preference.

I am glad that I don’t have to endure this personally. It is really hard to stomach. It must be having an effect on recruiting and retention - purging conservatives and packing in (pun intended) homosexuals.


61 posted on 12/22/2013 8:28:54 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: jetson

I was also thinking that the “crossed swords” were symbolic for a number of things, none of them good ...


62 posted on 12/22/2013 8:33:27 AM PST by mikrofon (Nothing to Bragg about)
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To: rcrngroup
The 2 sick bastards getting married is one thing....but then for fellow “soldiers” to be beaming with delight! Unbelieveable.

I thought the same thing. Perhaps they are expecting immediate promotions.

63 posted on 12/22/2013 8:34:36 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: Travis McGee
If a young Marine complains to him that his SGT is making gay passes at him, what does the young officer do?

Are there no blankets? Cannot bars of soap still go into the toe of a sock? Should not orders that directly attack Core Values be resisted?

ISTM that an officer needs to do the work that is closest to him. Maximizing cohesion and morale to assure that his unit is mission ready IS doing his duty. That is along the lines of what I shall counsel.

Such might well cost him dearly, but he will retain his integrity.

64 posted on 12/22/2013 8:36:04 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: Travis McGee

“A nation that does not honor it’s warriors will be defeated by one that does.” Jefferson (I think)


65 posted on 12/22/2013 8:37:52 AM PST by stockpirate (It appears good men have decided to do nothing, so evil is prevailing......)
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To: Salman

The American Military......... LOOK OUT!.... It’s gonna BLOW!...


66 posted on 12/22/2013 8:42:08 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: MeshugeMikey

By the 23rd Century, it'll be the rule ....

67 posted on 12/22/2013 8:44:13 AM PST by mikrofon (+ Pray for America +)
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To: mikrofon

oh look its pajama boy minus the PAAJAMS!


68 posted on 12/22/2013 8:46:14 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: Salman

Utterly repugnant, and an absolute disgrace.


69 posted on 12/22/2013 8:47:19 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Salman

No crossed rifles on the lapels.Speaks volumes to me.Just remf poofters and nothing more.Still,it disgusts me.


70 posted on 12/22/2013 8:47:45 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: mikrofon

Oh my.


71 posted on 12/22/2013 8:48:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Travis McGee
If a young Marine complains to him that his SGT is making gay passes at him, what does the young officer do?

What happens if the young Marine is female and the SGT making passes is male? That must have come up at some point.

72 posted on 12/22/2013 9:02:56 AM PST by Salman
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To: Mathews

It used to be that troops at 12 years in would consider finishing 20 for retirement pay. Those at 16 definitely would. I am seeing those two groups getting out. Not a single guy I know is staying in.


73 posted on 12/22/2013 9:22:29 AM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: Paulie

You saw what happened to Phil Robertson.


74 posted on 12/22/2013 9:32:15 AM PST by sport
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To: CodeToad

Because this is what they have to put up with. How would want to always be looking over your shoulder for a John Wayne Gacy clone that wants to sodomize you? Usually the pervert is going to outrank you and get by with raping you!

http://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/homosexual-troops-are-5x-to-20x-more-apt-to-rape.html

Homosexual Troops Are 5X to 20X More Apt to Rape

A homosexual male serviceman in the U.S. Armed Forces is more than five times likely to rape a fellow serviceman than a serviceman to rape a servicewoman, and a lesbian soldier or sailor is 10 to 20 times more like to rape another servicewoman than a servicewoman is to assault a serviceman, according to Department of Defense figures on actual sexual assaults in the military.

These findings echo other studies showing that homosexuals and lesbians are three to four times or more, more likely to engage in child sexual abuse than heterosexual men and women.

These findings show why we must stop the new move by the Obama administration to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military.

“In country after country,” says Dr. Paul Cameron, chairman of the Family Research Institute, a think tank in Colorado Springs, “a gay teacher is the most apt to molest a pupil, Likewise, in newly released data from the Illinois Dept. of Children & Family Services, a gay foster parent and a gay adoptive parent is the most apt to molest a [child].

“Without exception, whether it is a teacher, a foster parent, or an adoptive parent, a man is more apt to molest than a woman. Also without exception, an adult who engages in homosexuality is more apt to molest a pupil, a foster child, or an adoptive child than one who doesn’t.”

The rape figures are extrapolated from two DOD studies in 2007 and 2008 of sexual assaults in the military.

By the way, a homosexual teacher is 16 times more likely to sexually assault a student than a heterosexual male teacher, and a lesbian teacher is about three times more apt to do this than a straight female teacher.


75 posted on 12/22/2013 9:59:17 AM PST by NKP_Vet ("Rather than love, than money, than fame, then give truth" ~ Henry David Thoreau)
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To: Travis McGee; NKP_Vet

Somebody needs to roll a grenade down the carpet.


76 posted on 12/22/2013 10:04:08 AM PST by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: NFHale; Diana in Wisconsin; cpdiii; Nowhere Man

A ping for your comments.


77 posted on 12/22/2013 10:19:40 AM PST by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Salman

For 40+ years now, the sadistic, deviates, leftist socialist and the power hungry greedy have sought to undermine and subvert our borders, our freedom, economy, our military and government..

They’ve done an excellent job so far.

The seeds they’ve sown have just started to grow. Wait until they see the full results of their efforts.


78 posted on 12/22/2013 10:26:43 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: B4Ranch

You can’t PRINT my comments, LOL!


79 posted on 12/22/2013 11:00:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Salman

PUKE!
How sad for America..
The beginning of the end has arrived..


80 posted on 12/22/2013 11:15:25 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign is for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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