A provision of the Michigan Constitution that voters approved in 2004 bans same-sex marriages, so Jesse Sherman and Derek Melot went to New York to get married in October.
But later, when Jesse Melot went to two
Michigan Secretary of State offices with his marriage certificate,
seeking to have his new name put on his driver’s license, clerks in both
offices declined to do so.
Although
he could spend money to have his name changed legally, married people
normally can do that just by showing a marriage certificate.
Article here.
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