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Originally Posted by Craig
If it's legal in a given state, the military base located there has no legal basis to discriminate.
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Yes they do...it's federally owned land and is not subjected to the laws of the state. The federal government does not recognize the marriages of same-sex couples and is prohibited from doing so by the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA explicitly bars federal recognition of such marriages.
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