members are going to be allowed to serve. and specifically, how their family members are or are not going to be recognized by a defense department that recognizes the family members of straight service members. if the defense of marriage act fails at the supreme court, for example, yeah, that s going to affect whether there are same-sex marriage rights in various states all around the country, right? but one of the very first things it s going to affect is day to day life for members of the military there is a whole list of very specific things that other family members get in the military that family members of gay service members right now are banned from getting specifically because of the defense of marriage act. so if the supreme court strikes down the defense of marriage act that is banning these policies, it may very well be chuck hagel deciding the very sensitive issue of whether a gay service member s family gets this kind of equal treatment that he or she would never have had
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decisions for patients and to hamper our ability to help patients have a pregnancy, it is a scary thing. and it s something that for my patients would lead to a reduction in their chances for having a pregnancy or increase their risk of having a multiple pregnancy. doctor, we ll see how this plays out in a week and a half. dr. isaacs of the mississippi fertility institute. thanks for krur type. we appreciate your candor. thank you. coming up, gay service members don t want to make history. they want to be treated like everybody else. will a lawsuit against the government make that a sure possibility? this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i ll be right back. they didn t take a dime.
inactive are given spousal benefits. right now steven and i are not. that would include health care and housing, the two major things? health care and housing if anything were to happen to him, the benefits that would occur from that, yes. for gay service members who are married and may have children, how difficult can the defensive marriage act make your lives? well, if anything it supports spouses that have children are applied underneath of the spousal laws for the state community, it would deny those to us as well. you are working to change title 10 of the u.s. code governing the armed forces specifically and defining marriage as being between two individuals of the opposite sex. how tough an uphill road do you think you have? i personally don t really know. that s obviously more the attorney s answer. but i would say that from the response that steve and i have seen from the public and the
personnel called outserve. the pseudonym was j.d. smith. today outserve s magazine published a feature called 101 faces of courage. that includes real photos and real bios and real names of 100 other gay service members plus the real j.d. smith. joining us now live from washington, d.c., at a party hosted by the service members legal defense network for the very first time not in silhouette is united states air force first lieutenant josh seifried who will never again have to be known as j.d. smith. he s the founder of outserve and author of our time. joining us, newly retired colonel victor farenbach who came out on this program. he fought his discharge under don t ask, don t tell and won. i have to say, congratulations. thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you, rachel. this is a great day for everyone here. all the service members across,