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In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, the same-sex spouse of a member of the military will be buried in a national cemetery.

The chamber passes the annual spending bill 200 to 120, including the provision that would ban same-sex ceremonies at military chapels. Wading into the gay marriage debate, the Republican-led House tacked a provision banning same-sex marriages at military chapels onto a sweeping defense bill that is now headed to the Senate.

Some married gay military personnel sued the U.S., seeking equal recognition, benefits and the same support as married heterosexual couples.

President Obama acknowledged the end of the military's ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. armed forces Tuesday, saying that the nation has taken "another great step toward keeping our military the finest in the world and toward fulfilling our nation's founding ideals."

When Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were searching for a place to get married, they settled on a site in Vermont, in part because the state ...

Pentagon officials say the announcement will be made Friday. The ban on gays openly serving in the military would end 60 days later.

Military officials are charging three California-based Marine corporals with fraud and larceny for entering in a pair of sham marriages to collect housing funding, officials said. The military alleges that a lesbian couple — one a Marine, the other a civilian — decided to live together off base and wanted to collect the $1,200 housing benefit granted to married Marines.

In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court throws out a lawsuit against Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church from Kansas. The court says the church has a 1st Amendment right to state its vitriolic message at funerals even though it 'is certainly hurtful and its contribution to public discourse may be negligible.'WASHINGTON — Anti-gay protesters who picket the funerals of U.S.

A new study puts a price tag of more than $193 million for the Pentagon to implement the policy of removing gays and lesbians from military service over a six-year period.

Vote clears way for passage of a bill to end policy, putting the campaign to end the ban on gay men and lesbians close to its conclusion.