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[jay]

According to one mailing list I'm on...

Effective today, the Social Security Administration has sent
orders to their regional offices not to honor any marriage license
issued by the City and County of San Francisco after February 12,
continuing indefinitely. *Not* any /same-sex/ license, but rather
ANY license.

Unfortunately, I'm not surprised... this is probably un-Constitutional, but it could likewise drag out for awhile in court. And it gives Bush a way to economically damage SF by squelching all marriage licenses, while undoubtedly blaming the mayor.

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[geekchick]

The closest thing I can find to confirmation of that is in a story on sfgate.com:

"Already Friday, the Social Security Administration said it won't accept any licenses from San Francisco as proof of marriage until the questions are resolved.

"Until the issue of the legal validity of the licenses issued by San Francisco is resolved, thousands of holders of same-sex marriage licenses will remain in a foam of legal limbo," Lockyer wrote."

That reads to me like a slightly unclear way of saying that the SSA won't accept licenses issued to same-sex couples as proof of marriage until the issues are sorted out. Do you have any other cites on this?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

If they aren't accepting *any* licenses from San Francisco as proof of marriage for the duration, that would seem to be consistent. Otherwise, all I have is a third-hand report... could be just a rumor. Or an insider trying to stay anonymous, conversely...

[geekchick]

*nod* In context though (which I mostly snipped), the article appeared to be referring to same-sex marriage licenses. The preceding paragraph is:
"Lockyer said the court's action is urgently needed because thousands of newly married gays might otherwise think they enjoy the same rights granted other married couples -- such as the right to receive the other spouse's property in the absence of a will."

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Given about 7000 people thus far married in same-sex ceremonies, it's likely that pretty soon someone will pass away and their spouse will try to exercise those rights...