This one is for you, Dan.
Yay, just
yay.
DUXBURY, Vt. -- Just as the formal repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy took effect, Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were married before a small group of family and friends.
The two men, who'd been together 11 years, decided to marry in Vermont in part because the state is in the Eastern time zone.
That way, they were able to recite their vows at the stroke of midnight - at the first possible moment after the ban ended.[...]
Ross, 33, and Dan Swezy, a 49-year-old civilian, traveled from their home in Tucson, Ariz., so they could get married in Vermont, the first state to allow gays to enter into civil unions and one of six that have legalized same-sex marriage.
Ross wore his dress uniform for the double-ring ceremony that began at 11:45 p.m. Monday at Duxbury's Moose Meadow Lodge, a log cabin bed-and-breakfast perched on a hillside about 15 miles northwest of Montpelier
Congratulations Gary and Dan and every member of the military who fought against the destructive, discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. In case you missed the news, the repeal of the policy is official today. Gay and lesbian soldiers and Marines don't have to lie anymore, don't have to hide anymore. And there's nothing about that that isn't good.
Yes, we still have DOMA to fight, but we're well on the way.
For more celebration, go to Clarknt67's diary.