I'm not against gay civil unions (the term "marriage" does not apply, since "marriage" is a different kind of union--a heterosexual one).

What I find wrong with this matter above is that everything in the Democrat agenda boils down to getting more people onto government "benefits"!

The people suing over this matter are pressing to get more people onto government benefits, while our military servicemen and women are already paid so pathetically that many families are on food stamps or would qualify for them.

Military budgets are already overstretched, and when the troops are brought home from Iraq and Afghanistan (and we WANT them to come home), the already terrible unemployment situation is going to swell and burst, with more and more veterans applying for unemployment compensation when the system is already broke.

Take a look at the spousal benefits offered to military spouses and families. Can the military and the U.S. government really afford to bring more people onto the military benefits programs, when they are not legally married* under federal law? (See Defense of Marriage Act at the end)

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* The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (Pub.L. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419, enacted September 21, 1996, 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C) is a United States federal law signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996 whereby the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman. Under the law, no state (or other political subdivision within the United States) may be required to recognize as a marriage a same-sex relationship considered a marriage in another state. The law passed both houses of Congress by large majorities.