The US Navy is planning to allow chaplains to conduct gay marriages on its bases once the ban on openly gay soldiers is lifted this summer.
The move would allow chaplains to perform the ceremonies in states which allow the practice.
An April 13th memo from Navy head chaplain Rear Adm Mark Tidd says: “Consistent with the tenets of his or her religious organisation, a chaplain may officiate a same-sex, civil marriage: if it is conducted in accordance with a state that permits same-sex marriage or union; and if that chaplain is, according to the applicable state and local laws, otherwise fully certified to officiate that state’s marriages.”
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