Well, we knew it was too rational to last. The Navy has reversed its decision to allow Navy Chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in those states that permit same-sex marriage.

A new memo from Navy Rear Admiral M. L. Tidd, the Chief of Chaplains, has suspended his previous memo from April 13, 2011 which authorized same-sex marriages. His new memo reads:

My memorandum of 13 April 2011 is hereby suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and inter-Departmental coordination," Tidd wrote on Tuesday to all Navy chaplains and "religious program specialists.

The reversal is related to DOMA, and various conservatives having panic attacks at the thought of queer people having actual lives, especially if they're actively serving their country.

Still, the current publicity about the original decision and the reversal at least has people thinking about the problems inherent in DOMA, and that's always good.

It's interesting to see, once again, that the women and men currently serving are more rational about same-sex marriage, and gay and lesbian soldiers, sailors and Airforce personnel serving with heterosexuals than are many members of Congress, principally Missouri Republican Todd Akin, whose letter to the Secretary of the Navy objecting to the change in policy and requesting a reversal was signed by 63 members of Congress, according to Akin's Website.

You'll note that Akin's letter as well as press coverage about Akin's letter refers to DOMA as Federal law, and indicates that President Obama has "repealed" DOMA; that isn't actually true. We'll have to wait until sometime this summer to see if it is in fact repealed. You'll also notice that much of the coverage refers to DADT as a "ban on openly gay troops" serving. That's actually less than accurate; DADT forces gay and lesbian service members to lie, which of course violates the Military Code of Honor. It's lose-lose for them, and for our country.