Posted on Dec 5, 2013
A legally married same sex couple who are having a kid through a surrogate mother. Are they authorized maternity/paternity leave?
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I just thought about this but I'm sure this is coming up real soon if it hasnt already. What do you guys think? Is it discrimination if they can't get it?
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If the surrogacy opportunity is afforded to traditional couples, it'll be offered to same-sex couples.
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SSG Robert Burns
I used to work on L&D and right now what happens if the soldiers want to take leave it has to be regular leave. Mothers who give birth receive conleave. In order for the father to receive paternity leave (nonchargeable) he has to be married and it says in the ALARACT "whose wife gives birth".
So what I see in the future is a same sex female couple to which one was impregnated artificially or by someone else gives birth; she will get conleave. But "paternity leave" (nonchargeable) by definition is for a man. A woman cannot be paternal. So the reg would have to be rewritten.
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My mind was just blown by this. This was never an issue in the Infantry but now it is something we must consider with the same sex couples being married.
I just hope when this does become an issue the Army will allow a smooth process for this to occur as if it were a traditional couple.
I just hope when this does become an issue the Army will allow a smooth process for this to occur as if it were a traditional couple.
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