The Department of Defense announced it would grant homosexuals “spousal benefits” starting in September.

After a review of the department’s benefit policies following the Supreme Court’s ruling that Section Three of [DOMA] is unconstitutional…, the Defense Department will make spousal and family benefits available no later than Sept. 3, 2013, regardless of sexual orientation, as long as service member-sponsors provide a valid marriage certificate.

Because some homosexual troops might be in jurisdictions that won’t allow them to get a marriage certificate, the military is granting a specific benefit to homosexuals: 7-10 days of non-chargeable leave to travel to a state where homosexual marriages are recognized to obtain the required paperwork.  The DoD said this would

help level the playing field between opposite-sex and same-sex couples seeking to be married.

The DoD declined to cite a law requiring it to proactively “level the playing field” with regard to sexuality, or under what authority it could grant leave based solely on sexuality.  Groups have decried the leave as special treatment, not equal treatment, with the FRC essentially calling it a same-sex marriage “bonus.”

The FRC found it ironic the DoD was out of money but could still afford to pay for “homosexual honeymoons,” though that’s not a precisely accurate characterization.

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