By way of the associated press: "Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, Va., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2011 after Gaeta's ship returned from 80 days at sea. It is a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings - one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. On Wednesday, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay."
Snell and Gaeta were picked by a raffle, so let's not overthink the fact that the Navy chose two attractive ladies for their big photo op. And anyway, the full story from the Virginian-Pilot is tugging hard at the ol' heartstrings this morning. Try not to think about it too hard and just give these ladies a round of applause.
