(June 24, 2015 at 9:09 pm)das_atheist Wrote:(June 24, 2015 at 9:00 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Looks like it states: need to submit a combination of documents as secondary evidence such as..... I don't think the US government will accept just/only church documents as evidence, at least not the government I've dealt with. Appears to me that they are recognizing any church as a record keeper, nothing more.Lets say that a nonreligious family only has early school records of their child, and that's not enough to get a passport.
Lets say that a religious family has the same early school records as the nonreligious family, but also has religious records. Should that child be given a passport while the other child is denied a passport?
If the child doesn't have a birth certificate, there are plenty of combinations the government will accept, including religious ones. For children whose parents are unbelievers, what would you suggest replace the religious records? Are you saying that shouldn't be an option for anyone at all?
I guess I really don't understand what the problem is, here (save for the family Bible thing... wut???). As someone who is going through some gnarly immigration stuff (trying to get my Australian boyfriend to the US), it's actually rather nice to see more options instead of less for people trying to obtain a passport.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
