WASHINGTON — The House has voted to slow the new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military, backing a measure to ban chaplains from performing same-sex marriages on military bases regardless of a state’s law.
The amendment to the defense spending bill passed on a 236-184 vote yesterday. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said military bases shouldn’t be used “to advance a narrow social agenda.”
The amendment would block funds to implement the curriculum of the Chaplain Corps on the new policy.