DOCUMENTS OF WEDDINGS IN NEW PALTZ, NY, REJECTED: From the New York Times

Susie Kilpatrick, a New Paltz newlywed, took her New York State marriage certificate to the Social Security Administration's office in Kingston on Dec. 3 because she planned to take her husband's name. A self-described traditionalist, she said that she simply wanted the federal government to recognize her new identity as a wife, an equal partner -- as Mrs. Jeremy Wilkening.

But, Ms. Kilpatrick said, the agency's officials rejected her certificate. They told her that no marriage documents from New Paltz could be used to establish identity if they were issued after Feb. 27, when the mayor of the Village of New Paltz, Jason West, began performing marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples. ...

About 125 other heterosexual New Paltz couples who married since Feb. 27 could also be affected, according to town officials, who say they are confused and angered by the agency's stance. The policy, Section G of a document titled ''Evidence of Identity for an SSN Card,'' also extends to several other municipalities that permitted gay marriage ceremonies.

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