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Ray Mabus: “Heterosexual couples, if they so choose, have the opportunity in every State to get married, and their marriage is…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
Heterosexual couples, if they so choose, have the opportunity in every State to get married, and their marriage is recognized by Federal law.
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Ray Mabus

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Mabus explains the Navy's stance on benefits for same-sex versus heterosexual domestic partners.

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