Executive Order: Gay Partners Can Be Buried In National Cemeteries

With Congress unwilling to act, President Obama is doing what he can to expand civil rights.

…the Veterans Affairs Department will start letting gay people who tell the government they are married to a veteran to be buried alongside them in a national cemetery, drawing on the VA’s authority to waive the usual marriage requirement.

In a similar move, the Social Security Administration will start processing some survivor and death benefits for those in same-sex relationships who live in states that don’t recognize gay marriage. Nineteen states plus the District of Columbia currently recognize gay marriage, although court challenges to gay marriage bans are pending in many states.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.