Picture: wet cat in a bathtub looking at the camera “I seriously don’t understand why we need birth certificates, like I promise you I was born”

  • celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    why does the state need to know and if it so wants to know, why do I have to show it, why can’t it do it’s own research if it’s such a know-it-all

    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      For instance: I recently needed my birth certificate to prove that I’m my mother’s heir. The state doesn’t care about that. Other, private institutions, like banks, care. And they don’t have access to the municipal records (rightfully so!)