The sea service will permit same-sex marriages within its hallowed chapels. It marks the first of what is likely to be many thunderclaps associated with the lifting of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on openly gay men and women serving in the U.S. military.
Navy officials said that they have no choice in the matter. Assuming the ban is lifted - it is slated to happen around the end of the year - the Navy believes it cannot legally bar same-sex weddings or civil unions from taking place in its facilities.
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