Yep. 48 more days of winter.
So let's turn up the heat.
So let's turn up the heat.
West Point’s Cadet Chapel saw its first ever same-sex wedding of active duty U.S. military personnel on January 13. Daniel Hall (30) and Vincent Franchino (26), both Army captains, met at West Point in 2009, when Franchino was a freshman and Hall a senior. But because of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, which barred homosexuals from being out in the military, they could not demonstrate signs of their relationship. Said Hall, “We were serving under a policy that was telling all of us – perfectly capable soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines – to lie about ourselves.”
Their first date occurred some five months after the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed in 2011. Among the challenges the couple had to face were being called “faggots” while out on dates and being stationed at different overseas locations.
Their first date occurred some five months after the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was repealed in 2011. Among the challenges the couple had to face were being called “faggots” while out on dates and being stationed at different overseas locations.
Following the West Point ceremony, the couple received the traditional saber-arch salute upon exiting the chapel. According to “Stars and Stripes,” the newlyweds used Hall’s officer saber, a gift from his grandparents, to cut the wedding cake. Thirty-four of the 150 wedding guests were military officers, who report that the couple will now go by the surname Franchino-Hall.
Fortunately, both are now stationed at the aptly-named Fort Bliss (Texas), where they serve as Apache helicopter pilots.
Someone needs a spanking...
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