WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has decided that military chaplains may perform same-sex unions, whether on or off a military installation.  The ruling announced Friday by the Pentagon’s personnel chief follows the Sept. 20 repeal of a law that had prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.

 

 

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