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page_one t1_istc09s wrote

Reply to comment by KungFuDabu in More Same-Sex Couples Eligible for Survivor Benefits After VA Policy Change by EssoEssex

Conservatives claimed that, if same-sex marriage was legalized, then same-sex straight people would be getting married just for the tax/healthcare benefits--that was even the plot of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". Turns out, pretty much nobody is actually doing this (and besides, opposite-sex straight people have been able to do this all along).

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KungFuDabu t1_istfaz4 wrote

Come to the barracks with me and they'll tell you who no longer lives there and why.

Do you know what junior enlisted warriors do to get out of the barracks?

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ProbablyTrueMaybe t1_isthlpw wrote

The same thing they've been doing for decades. When DADT was repealed men and women werent going out in droves to marry into a same sex contract marriage, but they did continue to marry the first person that afforded them the escape. This isn't going to change that. Please stop rehashing old arguments.

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KungFuDabu t1_istkd00 wrote

Lots of stright folks in the barracks are getting married to each other and getting out the barracks. Before they actually had to convice some random girl to marry them. Now all they need is someone to be a roomate to double their income and to get out the barracks. Who wouldn't do it?

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Narthan11 t1_isu1po9 wrote

Convince some random girl to marry you 😊 Convince some random guy to marry you 😡

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KungFuDabu t1_isu6uxa wrote

It's a lot easier to ask a fellow marine to marry you for the benefits than a random girl.

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007meow t1_isv2cah wrote

You’d have been able to do that ever since DADT and Obergefell. Nothing about this policy change allows junior enlisted to do more than they could have before.

This is for surviving spouses.

It doesn’t change the rules for BAH.

If junior enlisted were going to do the kind of scam you’re suggesting, then they could have been doing so for years.

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