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A District of Columbia clerk and a supervisor refused to accept a New Mexico man's state driver's license as he sought a marriage license because she and her supervisor believed New Mexico was a foreign country.Gavin Clarkson told the Las Cruces Sun-News it happened Nov. 20 at the District of Columbia Courts Marriage Bureau as he tried to apply for a marriage license.After approaching the clerk for a license and showing his New Mexico ID, Clarkson said the clerk told him he needed an international passport to get the marriage license.Clarkson said he protested to a supervisor, who also told him that he needed a foreign passport.The clerk finally concluded New Mexico was a state after Clarkson objected three times. The clerk granted the license to Clarkson and his fiancée."She thought New Mexico was a foreign country," Clarkson said of the clerk. "All the couples behind us waiting in line were laughing."
Marriage is hard enough as it without being born in a foreign country.
Are you like me in thinking we need to get a wall around this New Mexico place?
You mean we don't already have one?
It's the District of Columbia. At least the clerk could speak English and read.
