jason’s letter

To whom this may concern,
 
  My name is Jason Irons, Terry Irons is my aunt and as long as I can remember she has been in a committed and loving relationship with her significant other, Sonia.  I’ve never seen a difference in their relationship other than the obvious and have always viewed Sonia as family. 

 I am currently in the United States Marine Corps and have been for three years. My job as an engineer requires me to sweep for improvised explosive devices (ieds), use demolitions for breaching, and many other tasks to ensure routes are cleared. I’ve got a combat deployment to Afghanistan where I was involved in the push to Marsha and I will be leaving tomorrow for my second tour. 

  In the three years I’ve been in the Marines there have been very few who have supported me the way that they have.  My views on military relationships are very strict because of the fact there should be no romance male, female or otherwise in a high stress environment,  but they are not in the military.  One of the big reasons  so many of us joined is to protect the freedom s of all the  people.  If they choose to love one another and live with each other under the same roof, maintain an up standing and contributing household then they should receive the same opportunities as other couples who look to get married.  If people of opposite sex can get married in order to get tax breaks, claim dependents, take care of one another in a next to kin situation then why not people of the same sex.  It makes no difference to me what people do in their personal life that’s up to them.  A ring can be worn with out legal papers, public displays of affection can be done (not in the military), and if you choose to turn a blind eye then fine.  But if its not going to be stopped anyway, why not just allow them to get married.  If it has to do with religion then fine leave that to the church to decide if the a ceremony will be held there, but a court house can do the same legal processs.  Church and state are suppose to be separate anyway so that’s a mute point to try to argue.  As I said before I do not agree with relationships in the military but if I fight for the rights all Americans to voice their opinion and be heard and that also includes that of those who choose same sex partners. 
 
 
thank you and sincerely,
 
Jason Irons 
 

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