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Dec. 20th, 2004 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draggonlaadyGov't Rejects Marriages From Places That Had Gay Weddings
POSTED: at http://www.wesh.com/family/4010293/detail.html 10:33 am EST December 20, 2004
Gay marriages in some communities are resulting in problems for straight couples.
The Social Security Administration is rejecting marriage documents from four communities that performed gay weddings this year even if the couples aren't gay.
They include New Paltz, N.Y.; Asbury Park, N.J.; Multnomah County, Ore.; and Sandoval County, N.M.
Marriage certificates issued during the brief periods when gay marriages were recognized in those areas are being kicked back when brides go to take their husband's names.
The Social Security Web site says the legality of marriage documents is "still unresolved at the state level."
Those areas began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples after San Francisco's mayor started allowing the unions. That action was later invalidated by California courts.
Prior to that, Massachusetts' top court had ruled that the state's Constitution forbids keeping same-sex couples out of marriage.
In the aftermath of those decisions, several states passed in 2004 statewide amendments defining marriage as between only a man and a woman. The measures usually passed by very large majorities.
The agency is not returning calls for comment.
So while we're on the topic,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
13fetters a while back suggested that we start a "scorched earth campaign" on marriage. Anybody interested can help out by getting their cute butts hitched and then divorced, as many times as you can get around to it. The idea is that since we can't get the government to allow gay marriage, we should do our darndest to make the government approved straight marriages a joke.
And on a totally separate topic, I picked up a random movie at the dollar store tonight, for no reason except that it was a dollar. In case you're wondering, Death Rage is a pretty crappy movie :).
POSTED: at http://www.wesh.com/family/4010293/detail.html 10:33 am EST December 20, 2004
Gay marriages in some communities are resulting in problems for straight couples.
The Social Security Administration is rejecting marriage documents from four communities that performed gay weddings this year even if the couples aren't gay.
They include New Paltz, N.Y.; Asbury Park, N.J.; Multnomah County, Ore.; and Sandoval County, N.M.
Marriage certificates issued during the brief periods when gay marriages were recognized in those areas are being kicked back when brides go to take their husband's names.
The Social Security Web site says the legality of marriage documents is "still unresolved at the state level."
Those areas began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples after San Francisco's mayor started allowing the unions. That action was later invalidated by California courts.
Prior to that, Massachusetts' top court had ruled that the state's Constitution forbids keeping same-sex couples out of marriage.
In the aftermath of those decisions, several states passed in 2004 statewide amendments defining marriage as between only a man and a woman. The measures usually passed by very large majorities.
The agency is not returning calls for comment.
So while we're on the topic,
13fetters a while back suggested that we start a "scorched earth campaign" on marriage. Anybody interested can help out by getting their cute butts hitched and then divorced, as many times as you can get around to it. The idea is that since we can't get the government to allow gay marriage, we should do our darndest to make the government approved straight marriages a joke.And on a totally separate topic, I picked up a random movie at the dollar store tonight, for no reason except that it was a dollar. In case you're wondering, Death Rage is a pretty crappy movie :).
