{"id":26255,"date":"2015-10-08T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T02:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?p=26255"},"modified":"2015-10-08T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T02:16:10","slug":"us-marine-has-gotten-married-to-boyfriend-in-viral-homecoming-kiss-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/us-marine-has-gotten-married-to-boyfriend-in-viral-homecoming-kiss-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marine has gotten married to boyfriend in viral homecoming kiss photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>US Marine has gotten married to boyfriend in viral homecoming kiss photo<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> whose photo quickly became a symbol of the post-Don&rsquo;t Ask, Don&rsquo;t Tell era in the US got married last weekend in Honeoye Falls, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February 2012, Marine Sergeant Brandon Morgan returned from a six-month&nbsp; tour of duty in Afghanistan . He jumped into the arms of his strapping boyfriend Dalan Wells at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Their homecoming kiss was captued by their friend,&nbsp;Dave Lewis, who later posted it on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Gay-Marines\/218974766831?sk=wall\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page titled Gay Marines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo went viral with more than 18,000 people clicking &lsquo;like&rsquo; on it in less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;This is a homecoming picture&mdash;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, straight, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a>, no matter who you are, love is love,&rsquo; Morgan said in a 2012 interview with the Hawaiian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khon2.com\/mediacenter\/local.aspx?videoid=3311090\" target=\"_blank\">TV station KHON<\/a>. &lsquo;We haven&rsquo;t fought for more rights or better rights than anyone. We&rsquo;ve fought for equal rights, and now we have them.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>Morgan popped the question to Wells in 2013, just a year after a picture of their romantic reunion took social media by storm. They have been together since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The Don&rsquo;t Ask, Don&rsquo;t Tell policy that prevented <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> military personnel from serving openly officially ended in September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/us-marine-has-gotten-married-to-boyfriend-from-viral-homecoming-kiss-photo\/\">US Marine has gotten married to boyfriend in viral homecoming kiss photo<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/\">Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Hernandez<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/us-marine-has-gotten-married-to-boyfriend-from-viral-homecoming-kiss-photo\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/us-marine-has-gotten-married-to-boyfriend-from-viral-homecoming-kiss-photo\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Marine has gotten married to boyfriend in viral homecoming kiss photo The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> whose photo quickly became a symbol of the post-Don&rsquo;t Ask, Don&rsquo;t Tell era in the US got married last weekend in Honeoye Falls, New York. 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