US Air Force Exonerates Colonel Punished for Refusing to Support Gay Marriage
The United States Air Force has reversed an earlier decision to punish a colonel for refusing on religious grounds to sign a certificate of appreciation to the same-sex spouse of a retiring serviceman.
Last year, Colonel Leland Bohannon was suspended for refusing to sign the certificate, with conservative groups and some members of Congress protesting the punishment.
In a letter sent to members of Congress on Monday, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson acknowledged that Col. Bohannon "had the right to exercise his sincerely held religious beliefs and did not unlawfully discriminate when he declined to sign the certificate."...