MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN MAKES HISTORIC PROPOSAL INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE

[kpete]

MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN MAKES HISTORIC PROPOSAL INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE | Over the weekend, U.S. Marine Corps captain Matthew Phelps proposed to his partner Ben Schock insider the White House. The historic proposal is the first to take place in the White House between two members of the same sex (though not the first in the LGBT community). Photos of the special moment have gone viral, and the couple says they are “blown away by the amazing love and support we have received.”



more plus bigger pics:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/12/17/1348601/marine-corps-captain-makes-historic-proposal-inside-the-white-house/
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/12/phelps.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=spreadtwitter&utm_content=%3C$MTEntryPermalink$%3E

[msongs]

1. so is it valide in DC or where they live? nt

[WilliamPitt]

2. The proposal?

I'm sure it's valid everywhere.

[Hydra]

3. Progress!

It's inevitable :p

[randome]

4. Is it related to the bloated military budget?

Is it something about the deployment of our forces overseas?

Oh. A marriage proposal. Is that all? Yay, I guess.

(Hoping that this is the correct response in a few years when no one truly cares who you love.)

[Jim Lane]

5. For anyone else who was curious about the "(though not the first in the LGBT community)" in the OP

At a White House event in June, a transgender man proposed to a woman: link.

[Separation]

6. I'm happy for them

Still waiting for the spouses will be able to get an ID card and the same federal benifeits of male/female. For a Marine Officer this is huge.

The Marine Corps has always been last to accept change. Unless i am mistaken, we were the last branch to integrate racial forces. Baby steps I guess.