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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]So, if she was married to one man, how can she file a joint tax return (for at least 2 years) with a different man?
(and, BTW - the Snopes article indicates the theory is unproven)[/quote]

It is very revealing that you are suggesting that she was possibly married to her brother. Is there anything negative you won't believe about a Muslim?

For what it is worth -- likely very little if this poster is representative -- here is how Omar has explained her complicated personal life:

https://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/Ilhan%20Omar%20Statement.pdf

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Seems pretty clear to me. [/quote]

Yup.  Pretty clear she was living with one man while married to another.  And, apparently filed a joint tax return with the man she was living with.  ( I guess that is why she keeps saying she divorced "in her faith tradition."  Don't think the IRS would recognize that.

2002 she established a relationship with the father of her children.  She never legally married him.
2008 she divorced "in her faith tradition" from this man.
2009 she legally married another man (a British citizen).
2011 she divorced her legal husband in "our faith tradition."  Not a legal divorce.
2011 reconciled with her first 'husband" to whom she was not legally married.  She married him in "her faith tradition."

So, are her "faith tradition" marriage and divorces Sharia?  If so, I thought that she was not trying to establish Sharia in the US.

Since she did not state the date on her statement, I'm not sure what her current status is.
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And... you would be wrong about the IRS.  There is no one federal definition of marriage.  So the IRS lets you married filing jointly if your state considers you married.  So, marriage to the IRS is whatever the state you live in defines it as.   And many states recognize common law marriage— marriages without a ceremony, or marriage certificate or any involvement from the state at all.  Different states have different requirements— some require living together for some length of time, or considering yourself married or holding yourself out as married.  And once you have a common law marriage, if you move, other states will recognize it.  Full faith and credit.

So yeah— if she lived in a common law state in 2011 or later, considered herself married in her faith, and held herself out as married, she could legally file taxes with the IRS.  And later clean up the paper trail. Because she ran for office and Fox News.

Speaking of Fox News.  Sometimes things in life and the law are complicated. Just because Fox News gives you a solution that an 80 IQ can grasp doesn’t mean it’s the right answer.  People specialize in family law, because sometimes things like this are, in fact,  complicated. [/quote]

Common Law Marriage:

[quote]Minnesota abolished common law marriage in 1941. In Minnesota a couple is legally married or just living together. Minnesota does, however, recognize common law marriages that were legally created outside of this state.[/quote]

Living together doesn't automatically come with legal protections. [/quote]

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