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Washington, DC adds transgender option for driver’s licenses. And it’s totally illegal

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Washington , D.C. just began allowing residents to list their gender as 'X' on their driver's licenses to accommodate people who think they are genderless. But the REAL ID Act , which was passed after 9/11 and enacted in 2005, "specifically requires gender on each driver’s license and identification card issued to a person by a state,"  Judicial Watch explained . The law "prohibits federal agencies from accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards that do not meet these standards." The person's gender must be listed on "each driver’s license and identification card issued to a person by the state," according to the law. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau of ward 1 introduced the legislation. Oregon is the only other place in the U.S. where people are able to obtain "gender-neutral" driver's licenses.  "The famously corrupt local government surrounding the nation’s capital is offering gende...

Obama admin. threatens states that refuse same-sex ‘marriage’ benefits for the National Guard

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WASHINGTON, D.C. , November 27, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – During a speech in October, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel slammed the decision by some U.S. states to defy a Pentagon directive ordering states that do not recognize same-sex “marriage” to process spousal benefits for gay members of the National Guard . He also threatened further legal action against those states. Since then, six of the nine states that initially resisted the directive have caved in to the Pentagon’s demands, including Texas, which had been the  first  to announce its intention to buck the order. Texas cut a deal  with the DOD late Tuesday allowing homosexuals to apply for benefits at state-owned military facilities as long as the federal government provided extra staff and funding to handle those requests.  But according to Michael Boldin, Executive Director of the Tenth Amendment Center , which studies conflicts between the federal government and the states, the Constitution is on ...