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Refuses to Process Same-Sex Couples Benefits

Texas National Guard Refuses to Process Same-Sex Couples Benefits Defying a Pentagon directive, the Texas National Guard, using the Texas constitution’s ban on gay marriage as a bulwark, refused to process requests on Tuesday from same-sex couples who were looking for benefits. Texas is apparently the only state that refused to process the requests from gay and lesbian couples, according to the Pentagon. After the Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act, the Department of Defense (DOD) said that in states that recognized same-sex marriage, it would also recognize them. Maj. Gen. John Nichols, the commanding general of… View Article