This is a follow on diary to the one I published earlier about Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel putting the wood to the nine states that have or are still, refusing to process requests for Federal Military Identification cards for same sex spouses and their children using Army National or Air National Guard facilities.
The Original diary is Chuck Hagel throws gauntlet down.
There has been some very good discussion there, as well as some points about possible actions the Sec Def and Guard Bureau can take to rectify this completely unnecessary situation, and there are some things I want to add to the conversation to hopefully provide some better background information about a lot of issues wrapped up in this, that can and do bear on what is happening, how we got to this point and what can happen from here on out. Follow along for a better read this time I promise.