Punishing Towns for Gay Marriage
The AP is reporting that the Social Security Administration is rejecting all marriage documents, including those of heterosexual couples, from towns like New Palz, NY, that have administered gay weddings.
Susie Kilpatrick, 30, of New Paltz, said the local Social Security office told her that no marriage documents from the town could be used to establish identity if they were issued after Feb. 27, when New Paltz's mayor began marrying gay couples. About 125 heterosexual couples have been married since then.
Kilpatrick said her marriage certificate was rejected when she went to get a new card earlier this month so she could take her husband's name.
"What concerns me is that the certificate is the only way to prove that we're married," she told The New York Times for Sunday editions. "If something happens to us, or some other couple from New Paltz, we can't prove we're married. We would not be able to draw benefits."
Is this what President Bush has in mind for Social Security reform?
Other towns affected are Asbury Park, NJ, Multnomah County, OR, and Sandoval County, NM.
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