Hey Jmthane

[wendyzski]

maybe you need to move to Ohio not Michigan?

Marriage Oath In Ohio County Asks If Person Is Transsexual
(Springfield, Ohio) Couples planning to marry in Clark County, Ohio are asked if either person is transsexual. It is believed to be the only jurisdiction in the country where people are asked to swear they are not transgendered before receiving a marriage license.

Under Ohio law a person's birth gender is the only one considered legal. It does not bar transsexuals from marrying but means that a male to female transsexual can only marry a woman...

Easy-peasy!

(I love when stuff like this can come back to bite them in the ass!)

Comments

[jayene.livejournal.com]

Somedays I want to smack my state.... but at least this time the bigoted rules can work in ones favor...

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've seen that article. :-) Very amusing indeed.

That was similar to what Nan had getting our license in MI - they looked long and hard at my birth cert, then had her swear to the accuracy of the information on it. Lo and behold - we're legal. I could push the issue here, but the firm's first response would be "fine - you married as a man, use the men's room, and we're changing all your ident back to 'male'; you can't have it both ways". *sigh* Michigan has to recognize it, though, because they issued it, so we're on a much stronger footing there.

Thank goodness I wasn't *born* in Ohio - at this point, even if you've had surgery, you can't change the gender marker on your birth cert or any other state ID - because of that "birth gender" thing they're stuck on.

[petronivs.livejournal.com]

How is this 'coming back to bite them in the ass'?

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Suspected rationale for legislation - to prevent "gay marriage"

Actual effect of legislation - allowing two "women" to marry.

This amuses me.

[petronivs.livejournal.com]

I doubt one of the supporters of the legislation would really express any chagrin at seeing a male2fem marry a natural fem, which is what 'coming back to bite in the ass' is all about.

power of the people!

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

even if it hasn't now, eventually it will... you cannot, in the name of justice and freedom, make laws specifically restricting the personal rights of fragments of the population based solely on individually held religious beliefs. I mourn our common decency when things like this occur (my state, Nevada made it constitutional), but I know, in the end, these sort of laws will fail.

Re: power of the people!

[petronivs.livejournal.com]

I agree that this country should avoid becoming a theocracy.