Couple had to prove New Mexico was a state to DC clerk who thought it was foreign country

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A District of Columbia clerk and a supervisor refused to accept a New Mexico man's state driver's license as he sought a marriage license because she and her supervisor believed New Mexico was a foreign country.

Gavin Clarkson told the Las Cruces Sun-News it happened Nov. 20 at the District of Columbia Courts Marriage Bureau as he tried to apply for a marriage license.

https://local12.com/news/offbeat/dc-clerk-stalls-marriage-over-foreign-new-mexico-id-card-11-30-2018