Interesting. If you want Social Security you have to produce your birth certificate. But, if you win election to the highest post in the world, President of the United State, you don’t have to.
But consider this: if you are a heterosexual wishing to marry in the Episcopal Church USA and were formerly married, you must jump through procedural hoops to get permission to marry in the ECUSA. But if you are a man who left your wife and children to go live in sin with another man, you can become a Bishop of the ECUSA, and cause a worldwide rift in the Anglican Communion. Neat trick, huh?