Marine Corps: Accept Gay Spouses or Get Off the Base

The assault on American traditional values marches on.  The Marine Corps has issued a directive to spouse clubs that operate on their bases:  allow same-sex partners or get the hell out.  This controversy is broiling in North Carolina, a state that amended its Constitution to ban gay marriage.

 Ret. Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, told Fox News that he’s not surprised by the Marine Corps’ decision.

“It should be expected,” said Boykin, an executive vice president of the Family Research Council. “When Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed, it opened the door to all kinds of things that are counter to the traditions and the good order and discipline of the military.”

 Boykin said the further erosion of values in the military is dangerous for the nation. He said changing those values destroys the “last vestige of traditional American values” and “robs America of its identity.”

“The military is the anchor of our society,” he told Fox News. “It always has been – the military has maintained traditions that go back to the founding of the nation. Those values are based on the Judeo-Christian roots of the American Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.”

 “This is very disappointing news,” said Ron Crews, executive director of Chaplain Alliance. “This is very concerning that the Marine Corps is pressing forward with this agenda and ignoring federal law.”

Crews told Fox News most spouse groups have bylaws that require members to have a DOD military identification card.

“Right now, thanks to the Defense of Marriage Act, those so-called same-sex spouses are not recognized as spouses because of DOMA and they cannot receive a DOD identification card,” he said.

Crews said it appears that the fears of religious liberty groups have come true.

“The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was one step in a long process to eventually work for the overthrow for the Defense of Marriage Act,” he said. “That’s what’s happening now.”

Traditional values, state laws and federal laws mean nothing to the Progressives.  They have a social engineering agenda and no one is going to get their way, even if it compromises national security.

 H/T:  Maggie's Farm

Source: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/marines-spouse-clubs-must-admit-same-sex-spouses.html