45.45%	Yes
54.54%	No

Comment: This is ridiculous. if you are not married, you cannot get benefits. Plain and simple.There are plenty of straight couples who have children, but chose not to get married and these individuals are not offered benefits, so why should gay couples receive benefits. The military should not recognize gay marriage because the entire country does not recognize gay marriage. This argument is more than a religious issue. It is an based on a legal basis and unfortunately, there is no gay couple survivors entitled to receive benefits from the military. by Brandi

Comment: They will have more benefits than disabled veterans at 100% who waiting on disability have lost their home car finances. I understand we cant correct everything at once but a service member who have served over 20 years then Pass, Best Buy phone receive medical benefits they are not authorized to the retirement pay unles spouse remember to sign a paper I'm happy and I applaud for trying to be fair in saying benefits regardless of what sex, please Veterans that are waiting by Angela

Comment: No! Absolutely NOT! Until gay marriage is 100% legal, they should not be able to have their gay or lesbian lovers reap benefits. If my husband and I had to marry to receive recognition as a dependent, so should they. While we're at it, lets just offer all that up to dating couples. by Ang

Comment: we pay taxes like everyone else by ROBERT

Comment: Absolutely. Our servicemember's partners should be fully empowered to support our troops. by Jeremy

Comment: Providing special benefits, including more money, to homosexual soldiers (1) is a slap in the face to all straight troops and (2) could serve to recruit GIs into homosexuality. by Robert