{"id":44242,"date":"2014-08-07T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/whats-in-a-name-not-much-until-someone-says-you-cant-change-it.html"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T21:31:16","slug":"whats-in-a-name-not-much-until-someone-says-you-cant-change-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/whats-in-a-name-not-much-until-someone-says-you-cant-change-it.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s in a name? Not much, until someone says you can’t change it."},"content":{"rendered":"
What’s in a name? Not much, until someone says you can’t change it.<\/b>See, this is just silly. It’s one thing for Nebraska to say that it doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages in terms of benefits and the like, but to ignore an out-of-state birth certificate as a legitimate document for changing a name on a drivers license is just plain dumb. Or Incredibly petty. Especially where she has other ID (a passport) and other state registration using her married name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Kelly: Nebraska doesn’t recognize her marriage \u2014 or even her name<\/a>
\nShe had no trouble obtaining a Nebraska driver\u2019s license at 16; now she\u2019s been turned down at 51.<\/p>\n

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What’s in a name? Not much, until someone says you can’t change it.See, this is just silly. It’s one thing for Nebraska to say that it doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages in terms of benefits and the like, but to ignore an out-of-state birth certificate as a legitimate document for changing a name on a drivers … Continue reading “What’s in a name? 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