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Related: About this forumTexas denies drivers license to woman who took her partner’s name in same-sex marriage
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/texas-denies-drivers-license-to-woman-who-took-her-partners-name-in-same-sex-marriage/Texas denies drivers license to woman who took her partners name in same-sex marriage
Tom Boggioni
21 Sep 2014
A California woman, recently transplanted to Houston, was refused a drivers license by the Texas Department of Public Safety because she had taken the last name of her same-sex partner last year following their marriage.
Connie Wilson told the Texas Observer that she and her partner of nine years, Aimee Wilson, had recently moved to Houston with their three children.
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Wilson admitted being married to another woman, to which the DPS employee replied, You cant use this to get your license. This doesnt validate your last name. Do you have anything else?
She told me I would never get a license with my current name, that the name doesnt belong to me, Wilson said, adding the that employee was a supervisor.
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Texas denies drivers license to woman who took her partner’s name in same-sex marriage (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Sep 2014
OP
And this is why we need a constitutional amendment instead of leaving it up to the states.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2014
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Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)1. And this is why we need a constitutional amendment instead of leaving it up to the states.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)2. Florida is doing this also
That is why I won't show them my Marriage License from NY, and I am married to a member of the opposite sex. She CAN get a Driver's License in her married name by showing them a Federal Passport, which all states must recognize as ID. I know she should not have to do this, but think of it as a big FU to bigots.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)3. ridiculous. Nt