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Some married gay military personnel sued the U.S., seeking equal recognition, benefits and the same support as married heterosexual couples.

Military officials are charging three California-based Marine corporals with fraud and larceny for entering in a pair of sham marriages to collect housing funding, officials said. The military alleges that a lesbian couple — one a Marine, the other a civilian — decided to live together off base and wanted to collect the $1,200 housing benefit granted to married Marines.

Vote clears way for passage of a bill to end policy, putting the campaign to end the ban on gay men and lesbians close to its conclusion.

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which bans gays and lesbians from serving openly.

The Obama administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit for an emergency stay while it appeals a decision that lets gays and lesbians serve openly in the U.S. military.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it has told military service recruiters they must accept applications from gays and lesbians, given a judge's decision to strike its ban on openly-serving homosexuals.