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Originally Posted by agzg
These weren't the question. My question was do they have birth certificates with their married names on them? About half of married women do not. Because birth certificate is not something one "has" to change with marriage, like a driver's license, etc.
So, you need to buy a birth certificate, to buy a state ID. And this doesn't discourage low income populations how?
I'm sure responsible adults never lose things. They also never have fires or floods.
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I have
never ever heard of a birth certificate with a
married name on it. It's a birth certificate - your information as of the time you were born. Your marriage license accompanies that.
I've used my birth certificate, with my marriage license (as Kevin stated, 2 things that responsible adults have and don't lose, and register at courthouses or whatever in case your personal one should ever be dstroyed in a fire or whatever) to obtain a drivers license with my married name on it, and then I was able to use that to obtain a passport.
There are so many different forms of id available, that I just dont see how not bothering to get one is really an excuse. Doesn't have to be a drivers license. Just an ID. Something maybe the public libraries should be able to issue, or something similar...
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