In Virginia, you need to select from a list of approved "races" to get a Marriage License...

[brooklynite]

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"Cosmopolitan" is acceptable. "Human" is not...

[MissB]

1. Aryan?

Seriously?

[Bettie]

4. That's what I thought too

then "Red" is on there too...what does that even mean?

[Croney]

2. I see "mixed" is available. That should be the only choice.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

3. Scotch?

Scotch?

Scottish.

Scotch is whiskey.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Scotch is whisky

The Scots spell it whisky and the Irish spell it whiskey. It gets a little fuzzy in other countries, but proper spelling is very clear in Scotland.

[abqtommy]

7. Make my Scotch Whisky single malt!

And Scotch is also sealing or recording tape... but ya dinna wan' to peek under a Scotsman's kilt!

[Brother Buzz]

8. Back in my day, the Scotch Cooler was the bomb

And there was some confusion on spelling it, too.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

11. I stand corrected

Actually I stand auto-corrected. I originally typed whisky.

[DFW]

5. I don't remember seeing that at all, and we got married in Virginia

My wife is European, but my brother's wife is a Shinto Buddhist Japanese, and we had our double wedding in Virginia.

I don't remember being asked anything of the sort. The only thing that caused a moment's confusion was when we were at the Arlington County Courthouse applying for our marriage license. For "Place of birth," the form only had places for "city" and state." No space for country. So when we got to my wife's info, we filled in the city as "Quakenbrück" and the state of "Niedersachsen."

When the clerk read through it, she paused at my wife's city and state of birth, and asked, "is that Germany?" Expecting a barrage of questions and supplemental forms, we said, "yes." She nodded and said, "I thought so." End of story. Maybe they just weren't feeling like being difficult that day, but my brother never said he had any such problem with his wife, either. So, maybe there are some parts of the rules that are traditionally ignored by the Virginia authorities, especially when they are about half a century out of date.

[backscatter712]

9. File a lawsuit to get Jedi added to the list.

Or Pastafarian, or Satanist...

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. I'd have to pick Saxon(y). 'Cause I'm kinda sorta Saxonyish.

Goodness that's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen.