Hakim Nelson and Jason Stenson Fooled City Clerk Officials into Allowing them to Get Married

Hakim "Kimah" Nelson and Jason Stenson, two able-bodied unemployed shelter dwellers, should be ashamed of themselves for deliberately misleading three government workers to get a marriage license and to then get married. According to the NY Post, the "couple" wed on May 26 while oblivious city bureaucrats didn't even bat an eyebrow when these two idiots showed up. They not only approved the marriage license, but conducted the ceremony, despite gay marriage being illegal in the state of New York. So, while the City Clerk's office has egg on its face, the marriage is certainly not legal and will be voided. These two goons thought they were home free, but wait, they got caught!

The couple filled out their marriage application online at the Apple Store on 14th Street in May. A few days later, they went to the City Clerk's Office on Worth Street to complete the form and get their marriage license.

Nelson -- who goes by the name "Kimah" -- wore an orange dress and white leggings, his straight, brown hair falling to his shoulders. The gullible clerk didn't seem to notice that both Nelson, 18, and Stenson, 21, have male first names. They both had to present identification to obtain the license. Stenson used his state ID card, and Nelson gave a state Benefit Card, which he uses to collect food stamps.

The clerk asked questions about the couple's jobs and addresses -- which they listed as Sylvia's Place, a city shelter for gay, lesbian and transgender youth -- but nothing about their gender.

Ten days after obtaining their license, the wedding crashers returned to the office for the ceremony. They were clutching their license and a pair of $10 silver wedding rings they had bought in the West Village. Nelson was in the same orange dress. They showed another clerk at the marriage bureau their license, and he gave them a number and told them to wait.

Then a third city official, Blanca Martinez, took their IDs and the license. She printed out the marriage certificate and performed the quick ceremony, pausing to ask Nelson whether she was pronouncing "Hakim" properly. As they walked out of the building hand in hand, Jason said to his new spouse, "I think we just made history." Source: NY Post

So, while these two think they made history, wrong. The joke is on them. Technically they are not married. You can't circumvent the law without consequences. The truth always reveals itself and it has disastrous results in many cases. What these two able-bodied men need to do is find a way to support themselves and not rob the system blind. What a bunch of losers. This isn't the way to get the rights they seek. Furthermore, the clerks who were oblivious to this scam, should be fired for being so lax.