Virginia tricked by male partners

The Washington Times ^ | 6-23-08 | Dionne Walker

[JZelle]

RICHMOND | The couple walked into a Norfolk courthouse on a spring day, exchanged a few words and, within 10 minutes, were seemingly husband and wife.

It was an unremarkable ceremony - except that several weeks later, officials realized that the shapely bride might not have been a woman.

Now authorities in the state, where same-sex marriages are illegal, are weighing whether to file misdemeanor charges against the couple, Antonio E. Blount, 31, and Justin L. McCain, 18. An announcement is expected this week. At issue is whether the couple lied on their marriage license.

A prosecutor says the decision to press charges could turn on whether the pair knowingly misled officials when they applied for a license and later traveled to a courthouse for a ceremony. If the bride was transgender, and identified as a woman, it is not clear whether the marriage would be considered illegal.

The pair went to Newport News Circuit Court on March 24 to obtain a marriage license - Mr. McCain appearing as a woman and saying the name "Justine" before a deputy, said Newport News Circuit Court clerk Rex Davis.

[Pistolshot]

You just can’t make this stuff up.

[mnehrling]

I’m not sure if this is the same case, but I read on another forum where a couple(sic) was going to try this for the sole purpose of making it a court case and challenge the government’s right to inquire their gender based on privacy reasons.

I’ll see if I can find it. That was several weeks ago.

[Brilliant]

I wonder how they figured this out.

[subterfuge]

I think they should use the Crodile Dundee method of verifying sex.

[beezdotcom]

I wonder how they figured this out.

I'm betting someone applied for spousal benefits, and it led to a couple of phone calls.

[Old Mountain man]

I wish I had the imagination to make this stuff up. I could get rich writing junk novels.

[xDGx]

I’ll bet its parents are so proud.

[RonF]

If Mr. McCain gave a false name (Justine instead of Justin), then it seems to me that fraud was involved and this act was invalid.

[rabscuttle385]

It’s an AP story printed in The Washington Times.

[knarf]

I can't think of anything more angering, in this sociol/political climate we're in, than anyone that plays with the gravity of a nation.

[Joe 6-pack]

[MEGoody]

Misdemeanor heck - they committed fraud.

[freekitty]

That’s what they usually do. Use the courts to get what they want and by trickery.

[Gabz]

I wonder how they figured this out.

"Justine" went back to the court a few weeks later to have "her" name legally changed to some off the wall name and the clerk realized the Justin wishing to change his name, was the Justine from that previous wedding.

I'll see if I can find the link to the article in the local paper.....

[massgopguy]

I wonder if Antonio was tricked as well? Last chance at an 18 year old.

[Gabz]

I don’t think I want to go there...............

[this is my name not yours]

No, Virginia wasn't tricked. Messers Blount and McCain committed perjury before an officer of the court, a felony.

[Antoninus]

Now authorities in the state, where same-sex marriages are illegal, are weighing whether to file misdemeanor charges against the couple, Antonio E. Blount, 31, and Justin L. McCain, 18. An announcement is expected this week. At issue is whether the couple lied on their marriage license.

They should probably be looking into statutory rape as well. My guess is that Mr. Blount has been sodomizing Mr. McCain since he was a minor.

[Morgana]

You gotta wonder why they didn't catch this sooner?

[Morgana]

Though applicants must swear to the truth of the information on their marriage license, the application mentioned “groom” and “bride,” not male and female, Mr. Davis said.

That has been changed to say “male applicant,” and “female applicant,” he said.
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States are going to have to look over their laws and see how they are worded! This is how the queers got around this! They said he was transgendered, I don’t know if legally he was a female. (as in all male parts removed, and female parts installed)