Last December, U.S. Marine Corps. Captain Matthew Phelps got down on one knee and proposed to the person he loved most in the world. It was one of the happiest moments of his life. The fact that it occurred in the White House made it all that much sweeter. Pictures of the moment went viral, popping up all over Twitter and Facebook.
Amazingly, while most Americans can recognize how special that moment was, our government continues to deny its significance. That’s because Matthew is gay, and due to that fact alone, his soon-to-be husband, Ben Schock, will be denied hundreds of benefits that we routinely give to military families.
When I was in Congress, I fought to end the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy restricting gays from openly serving in the military. As I said time and again: you either believe in equality or you don’t. So as a Congressman, I didn’t see ending DADT as a tough choice. In fact, I didn’t see it as a choice at all–I saw it as a moral obligation.
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