This occurred in Pontiac, Michigan. Via Michigan Messenger with video from the local Fox affiliate:
“Jordan Swan, who is a female to male transgender man, says he went to the Oakland County Clerk this week to marry his fiancee. The two paid for their marriage license, swore their oaths and signed on the dotted line. Then they were off to the chapel to get married… or so they thought. Swan tells Fox 2 News that shortly after the happy couple left the clerk’s office they received a call telling them they had to return to the offices to get a refund for their marriage license fee. The reason they were offered when they got to the offices? Swan is not a man because he doesn’t have a penis.”
Unfortunately for the county officials, it’s the penis that makes the man.
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the country officials can go and do themselves 100 times.
I have a question: Why did you post a link for gay marriage resources? You’re making the same mistake the country officials are… this is not a gay marriage! He’s a guy just like any other, you can see that already… If he can’t get all of his documents changed prior to surgery that’s only a violation of his rights as a human being…
I think I’ve said enough.
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–Scott