SLDN To Sue Over Military Benefits For Spouses Of Gay Troops

Dan82 · Oct 17, 2011

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/gay-military-benefits-sldn_n_1011874.html

The gay advocacy group that successfully lobbied to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy plans to file a lawsuit in federal court by the end of October that would challenge the constitutionality of federal laws that make married same-sex couples ineligible for the same benefits as their straight counterparts.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will argue that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violates the Fifth Amendment right to due process, in what the group says will be the first case of its kind. "That has never been done before," Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of SLDN, told The Huffington Post.

Sarvis, who spoke about his group's plans at the OutServe Armed Forces Leadership summit here over the weekend, said the case would be brought by several currently serving members of the military who were married in the seven jurisdictions where same-sex marriages are legal. He declined to identify the plaintiffs...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/gay-military-benefits-sldn_n_1011874.html
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Revan · Oct 17, 2011

*sigh* Good luck to them.

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