So two people get married. A man and a woman. Or so the clerk thought.
Turns out
"Justine" was really "Justin." Specifically Justin L. McCain, an
18-year-old who wanted to marry Antonio E. Blount, his 31-year-old
boyfriend. One reason they were able to pull it off was because of a
"design quirk" in the Virginia driver's licenses – the "M" or "F" in
the "gender" area is obscured by the state seal. One wonders why no one
seemed to notice that the name on the license was "Justin" rather than
"Justine". Newport News Court clerk Rex Davis said that, "When things
are rolling along and you don't have any reason to suspect that
somebody is not being completely forthright with you, you might not
take the time to check." Gee, and I thought New York City was a busy
place. Davis issued the happy couple a marriage license...
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