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It honestly depends on the competitiveness of the recruitment and the attitude of the chapter. If it's a highly competitive recruitment, I would think that the general idea would be, "Yeah she's A, B, and C, but we have lots of girls who are A, B, and C who are NOT married." However, I don't think the majority of recruitments work this way.
The chapter may have misconceptions about married sisters, including that you may not want to fully participate in the social aspects of the sorority, that you may not have time to dedicate to their operations and functions, or that you are weird because you are married and want to join a sorority. (LOL I didn't say I believed any of those, just putting it out there.) So I would think that what you would need to do, during recruitment conversations, is do what you can to squelch those misconceptions.
At an appropriate moment in the conversation, you could mention your marriage, and then state that even though you are married, you still have lots of free time, you are still young and like to have lots of fun, you are looking for a way to get involved in college and take on leadership positions, your husband is really cool and likes to have fun also... you know, whatever you think might be viewed as a potential drawback for you. No overkill- just mentioning it will hopefully do the trick. Some scrutinizing rushers may have more questions, and I'm sure you can answer those affirmatively, further demonstrating that you would be an asset to the org. Of course, some rushers will probably just smile and say "yeah" and change the subject. But in the end, that's all you can do! (just being your own non-weird self should get rid of that last misconception!)
I had a sister who was engaged when she pledged and got married in the middle of her new member semester- she also got pregnant and had a baby while she was on the Exec board. She added so much to the chapter and I would hate if we had overlooked her for silly reasons.
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