Since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repealed, why is the DoD refraining from issuing ID cards to the spouses of same-sex married couples who work for the federal government? The gay community in the federal government and military have the same needs as hetrosexual married couples. Please begin to issue ID cards to the spouses of same-sex married spouses of federal employees and military members and stop discriminating against us,.
Why is this important?
I am a Federal Government employee stationed in South Korea and have a military ID card so I can enter the bases, commissaries, and post exchanges, on the bases. My same-sex spouse has been denied an ID card even though "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been repealed. This means he can't shop on base to buy groceries and his personal needs at the PX. He must wait in the car while I stop. This is total discrimination toward spouses of gay employees.
