I’m not sure if I should laugh, or cry.

“You know you are from flyover country when you are applying for a marriage license, give them your New Mexico driver’s license, and they come back and say: ‘My supervisor says we cannot accept international driver’s licenses. Do you have a New Mexico passport?’” Clarkson said in a Facebook post after the incident.

Clarkson told the newspaper the clerk eventually went back to check another time with other staff about whether she could accept his New Mexico driver’s license as proof of identify.

“She thought New Mexico was a foreign country,” he said of the clerk. “All the couples behind us waiting in line were laughing.”

The clerk also reportedly complimented Clarkson on how well he spoke English.

Clarkson said the clerk and staff concluded that New Mexico is indeed a U.S. state after the clerk checked for a second time and accepted his license as proof of identity.

We really need to do better educating the masses

DC agency apologizes for asking out-of-town couple seeking marriage license to prove New Mexico is a state https://t.co/yhXsj9gj1w pic.twitter.com/cbTSqCo0G7

— The Hill (@thehill) November 30, 2018