When he returned from Afghanistan and saw his partner waiting to welcome him home, "four years of pent-up emotion and secret love" just seemed to naturally lead to "what felt like an eternity kiss," Marine Sgt. Brandon Morgan told NPR this afternoon.
In a conversation with All Things Consideredproducer Art Silverman, part of which will be broadcast on the show later today, Morgan discussed the kiss and the now viral photo that .
"I looked to my left" and saw Dalan Wells, his partner, Morgan said. "My legs started going numb ... and I didn't care who was around. ... I wanted to show him how much I cared for him." They've known each other for four years.
And the post-kiss reaction sparked by the has made him "very hopeful," Morgan said, "because even though there's been a lot of negative responses, the positive responses have been overwhelming."
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had barred openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. military .
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