A District of Columbia Supervisor and clerk refused to accept a New Mexico man's state driver's license while he was trying to obtain a marriage license because she and her supervisor believed New Mexico was a foreign country. He approached the clerk when the clerk told him clerk told him he needed an international passport to get the marriage license. He asked to speak to the supervisor when he was told the same thing. After the man objected 3 times, the clerk finally concluded News Mexico was a state and granted his marriage license. The man said "She thought New Mexico was a foreign country, All the couples behind us waiting in line were laughing."