My husband and I need to renew. There’s a question on the renewal about if you’re married. Really in a quandary as to whether or not we should answer this question truthfully.
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Why wouldn’t you answer truthfully? Has your marital status changed since you got your current passport? It is not recommended to create a reason to be disqualified by committing perjury.
mar 28, 2025, 6:57 am • 1 0 • view
No, but same sex marriage is on the chopping block. We were registered domestic partners in Washington, but they converted all those registrations to marriages a few years back. It’s complicated. We had an issue coming back from Canada a couple of years ago before the US recognized us.
mar 28, 2025, 7:02 am • 2 0 • view
I see. I kept my birth name when I married. For me, that had been my ID for 40 years, still is. Sometimes I am addressed by my husband’s name: that’s not me. Understandable that you don’t want to draw attention at this time. I’m sorry this is a worry for you. Crazy. Oppressive. Wasted energy.
mar 29, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
It won't be your marriage that will be a problem. It's only if you changed your name from your birth name that will be a problem. They are after trans people and the proposed SAVE act would keep you from registering to vote if you changed your name.
mar 28, 2025, 8:22 am • 3 0 • view
Outrageous.
mar 29, 2025, 8:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Yep. They are trying to disenfranchise anyone who changed their name from their birth certificate. So, if you're a woman who changed her name to her husband's upon her marriage, she had better change it back to be eligible to vote.
mar 30, 2025, 12:15 am • 0 0 • view