Fort Bragg chapel holds first same-sex ceremony

[unhappycamper]

http://www.fayobserver.com/military/article_342cdab0-6a88-11e3-83ea-0019bb30f31a.html



Maj. Daniel Toven and Johnathan Taylor at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Bragg on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013.

Fort Bragg chapel holds first same-sex ceremony
Posted: Sunday, December 22, 2013 7:00 am | Updated: 7:00 am, Sun Dec 22, 2013.
By Drew Brooks, staff writer

Three years ago, Maj. Daniel Toven couldn’t imagine being married, let alone having a ceremony in Fort Bragg’s Main Post Chapel. Like all gay soldiers at the time, he was living under the policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” — a policy that kept separated his personal life and his work.

But after a whirlwind of changes that began with the repeal of the ban in 2011, Toven and his partner, Johnathan Taylor, have broken ground.

The pair, who wed in Washington, D.C., in August, blessed their marriage before more than 100 people at Fort Bragg on Saturday.

The ceremony — while not technically a wedding, which would be barred by state law — is believed to be the first for a same-sex couple at Fort Bragg.

[joeybee12]

1. KNR!

[Kurovski]

2. K&R

I did time there as an army brat.

Every day, a new surprise, and some of them are even good ones!