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Laura Cox
Last updated at 10:16 AM on 28th February 2012
An openly gay marine has caused a stir online after sharing the traditional home-coming first kiss with his boyfriend in Hawaii.
Sgt Brandon Morgan of Oakdale, California, was captured as he jumped into the arms of boyfriend, reported by International Business Times to be called Dalan Wells.
The pair embraced and locked lips as they were reunited following the end of Morgan?s Afghanistan tour with the US Marines.
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Welcome home: Sgt Brandon Morgan?s embrace with boyfriend Dalan Wells has gone viral in the blogosphere after it was posted on Facebook.
They join a longstanding tradition of military personnel vying to share the ?first kiss? with their partners on returning home from operational tour.?
The picture went viral after being posted on the Gay Marines Facebook page and popular gay blogs Joe.My.God and Towleroad, receiving more than 18,000 ?likes? and almost 4,000 comments since Saturday.
?Welcome home and thank you for your service!? wrote one commenter. ?This is an awesome picture! Love knows no gender, race, creed or sexual preference.?
?Welcome home Marine!? wrote another. ?Thank you for your service! As a veteran of the U.S. Army it brings tears to my eyes to see you be able to express your love without fear. God bless you and your BF. May you have many more years together!?
During his deployment Morgan recorded a Christmas message dedicated to ?all my friends and family? but without mention of Wells.
Responding to Facebook comments he described Wells as ?the giant in the photo? and quipped ?can?t believe how many shares and likes we have gotten on this?.
YouTube: Sgt. Brandon Morgan recorded a video wishing his friends and family a happy Christmas and New Year.
He added: ?To everyone who has responded in a positive way. My partner and I want to say thank you.
?We didn?t do this to get famous, or something like that, we did this cause after 3 deployments and four years knowing each other, we finally told each other how we felt.?
The photo of Sgt Morgan and his partner comes five months after the military?s ban on openly gay service expired.
Their ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy that had banned openly gay men and women from serving in the US military ended last September.
The pair have followed in the footsteps of Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of California and Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los Angeles who in December became the first lesbian couple to share the traditional home coming first kiss.
They were seen embracing on the pier at Virginia Beach, Virginia after their ship docked following an 80-day deployment to the Caribbean.
Tradition: Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta (left) kisses her partner Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, following the ship?s return to homeport after a three-month deployment in the Caribbean.
Speaking at the time of the kiss Snell said she believed their experience wouldn?t be the last one for gays and lesbians in the military.
?I think that it?s something that is going to open a lot of doors, for not just our relationship, but all the other gay and lesbian relationships that are in the military now,? she said.
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brilliant story i myself am gay and this is heart warming to see
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?It?s never wrong to love but it is always wrong to hate 
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What difference does it make to your job or anything who you choose to sleep with. No one should have special privileges just get one with it.
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Beautiful picture. There?s little enoughl ove in th eworld; it should be welcomed wherever it appears.
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I?ll try again, maybe it will be forth time lucky. ?It?s who they are, not what they are that counts. When I originally submitted this comment at 09.39, in the first page alone there were 31 negative comments. It was sad to read so many shallow, narrow-minded, prejudiced and bigoted responses. I?m gay but my partner and I don?t kiss or hold hands in public. However if he had just come back safely from a tour of duty in Afghanistan I?d rush into his arms and give him a big kiss. As one commander wrote, ?Welcome home and thank you for your service!? ?This is an awesome picture! Love knows no gender, race, creed or sexual preference.?
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ahh so sweet
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I can?t comprehend how someone can discriminate or judge someone people of their sexual preference. So what if a man likes a man or a woman likes a woman? What difference could that possibly make to anyone else!! And to all the ?christians? if god teaches you all to love then why so much hate? Grrr!
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The problem here, as usual in our society is that the homosexual community is extremely vociferous, the rest of wouldn?t mind so much if you kept it under wraps.
- loafer, onthesofa, 28/2/2012 10:25
Newsflash! Homosexual people are PART of society. It?s not owned by hetrosexuals. Therefore homosexuals have as much right as hetrosexual people to show and express love and affection. Also homosexuals don;t care what YOU think. Whether you ?mind? or not is irrelevant. We are all living our own lives and are free to do so, so lets just allow one another to get on with it as we ALL contribute something to this society.
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I don?t have a problem with people loving one another ? I have a problem with people not loving one another. ? Anne , NorthYorkshire, 28/2/2012 11:01
Wise words Anne, wise words??
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In private, none of my business! In public and wearing his service uniform, objectionable!
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