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    Gay Marine’s homecoming kiss goes viral

    Marine Brandon Morgan's homecoming.Five months after the military's ban on openly gay service expired, a photo of a young gay Marine's homecoming kiss has gone viral.

    Nearly 15,000 people have liked the picture on Facebook, which was posted in a group for gay Marines on Saturday.

    The Marine, Brandon Morgan, posted a response on his Facebook wall according to the JoeMyGod blog. "To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you. Dalan, the giant in the photo, can't believe how many shares and likes we have gotten on this. We didn't do this to get famous,or something like that we did this cause after 3 deployments and four years knowing each other, we finally told each other how we felt," Morgan wrote.

    He responded to "haters" who criticized him for kissing in uniform. "If the Sergeants Major, Captains, Majors, and Colonels around us didn't care...then why do you care what these random people have to say?"

    In December, two female naval petty officers became the first same-sex couple to share the traditional first kiss on the pier when the ship returned from an 80-day deployment.

     
    • Ray  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  15 days ago
      congrats to the marines its great to see
    • Brendan  •  1 mth 15 days ago
      im in the military and im not allowed to have opinions but i dont support this, not cuz their gay but u shouldnt be showing affection in ur uniform. U R A MARINE , no room for softness . hoorah
    • Stone  •  1 mth 24 days ago
      It does not matter what their occupation is...at the end of the day, a H(o)mo is still just a H(o)mo.
    • Stop Whining  •  2 mths ago
      What does the bible have to do with the American military?
    • Robocoper  •  2 mths ago
      The majority of this negative comments would have been made 60 years ago if a picture of a black man kissing a white women was shown. 'Merica! Ignorance worth fightin' for!
    • Truth Rising  •  St Charles, Missouri  •  2 mths ago
      Who came for the comments?
    • yrm  •  2 mths ago
      Anyone else getting sick of the over used word "Viral"?
      • Free To Be Me 2 mths ago
        Yes. I thought they were not suppose to use that word anymore.
      • ... 2 mths ago
        what's wrong with "Viral?" it is a good reason for certain people to sign up for that "free" medical care..
      • youcanbetonit 2 mths ago
        Rates right up there with "Epic" and "Awesome".
    • APPEASE  •  2 mths ago
      my wife won't even leap that high!
      • highplainsdrifter 2 mths ago
        LOL
      • Cippy 2 mths ago
        appease why should she ya got a microscopic prick
      • Steve 2 mths ago
        your wife is not a Marine, that is why.
    • Roofdogg  •  Manchester, New Hampshire  •  2 mths ago
      Yup, they`re Gay...
      • Steven 2 mths ago
        So what?????? they are still human beings and he fought for you freedoms....if you don't like it go live in Iran or North Korea....
      • My Name 2 mths ago
        lol.what gave it away?
      • ADA 2 mths ago
        Roofdogg, I am with you. yup, there are gay people. nuf said.
    • Reegan  •  Waite Park, Minnesota  •  2 mths ago
      Whoa. I wasn't expecting the straddle.
    • Dr. Mike  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  2 mths ago
      Not in my fox-hole! Glad the USMC didn't sanction that when I was in. Would've been just too weird in the bunk-house!
    • Rox  •  2 mths ago
      Hey homophobes, it seems that you are getting left behind. Polls show that most Americans are moving on. I'm sure it doesn't feel good to be marginalized, but that's what happens in an equal rights movement.
    • Rox  •  2 mths ago
      Only 25% of Americans opposed Don't Ask Don't Tell. Wonder where the homophobes fit in?
    • Streetdogstolz  •  2 mths ago
      Different strokes for different folks. I'll keep to stroking my wife.
    • wayne  •  Richland, Michigan  •  2 mths ago
      i dont like gays and that is my right this some sick sit nasty i dont no a man or woman that would let a man put his thing in his or her boy or girl as if so you are a sick freak
    • AIP GUY  •  2 mths ago
      This is not your father's Marine Corps!!!
    • william  •  Sherman, Texas  •  2 mths ago
      I wish my wife kissed me like that!
    • Grant  •  2 mths ago
      In more important news. Army identifes the remains of the last missing GI in the Iraq War and Two soldiers and one major was killed during the Arab uprisings due to the Quran burning.
    • Matt  •  2 mths ago
      let me guess... tomorrow these two will be on Good Morning America.
    • Herman  •  Troy, Michigan  •  2 mths ago
      Well, I guess, "happiness is a warm gun" after all!
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