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  • Navy halts move to allow gay unions by chaplains

    05/10/2011 9:07:06 PM PDT · by quantim · 21 replies
    AP/WorldMag ^ | May 10, 11:20 PM EDT | LOLITA C. BALDOR
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year. In a one-sentence memo obtained by The Associated Press, Rear Adm. Mark Tidd, chief of Navy chaplains, said his earlier decision has been "suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and interdepartmental coordination." The Navy said its lawyers wanted to do a more thorough review of the legal decision that allowed Navy chaplains to receive...