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Meddling judge changes baby's name
Now I don't think "Messiah" is a good name to dump on a baby - but shouldn't it be the parents' choice?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23665106
A judge in the US has ordered a baby's first name to be changed from Messiah to Martin, arguing that the only true messiah is Jesus Christ, reports say.
The judge in Cocke County said the name Messiah could cause the boy difficulties if he grew up in a predominantly Christian area.
"It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is," Judge Ballew said.
She was able to make the order because the parents were already in a child support hearing in a dispute over what their son's last name should be.
Instead the judge ruled that the baby was to be named Martin DeShawn McCullough, which includes both parents' last name.
"The word Messiah is a title and it's a title that has only been earned by one person and that one person is Jesus Christ," she said.
Messiah came in at number 387 in the list of the most popular of baby names in the US in 2012, up from 633 in 2011.
Truthmatters
weird one huh?
does this judge know people are frequently called Jesus?
tekkychick (08-12-2013), tinfoil (08-12-2013)
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the judge way overstepped any bounds of his position and should be impeached.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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Agree, judge should lose her job.
And as an aside- this is why religion and govt. shouldn't mix!
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tekkychick (08-12-2013), tinfoil (08-12-2013), zappasguitar (08-12-2013)
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This story made me angry but also made me laugh. How ironic the activist judge is seemingly a fundie... OK, that's a bit hyperbolic, but LOL anyway
Hannity head just exploded
Somehow I imagine he would find a way to ignore the judicial activism on this one. I refuse to watch faux programming so I'll never know, but perhaps a foxnews viewer could tell us what the inanity.. er, I mean hannity says about this subject
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Anyone thinking that child services should immediately start looking into this family?
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tekkychick (08-12-2013)
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Why? Because she liked the sound of the word messiah and thought it would make a good name?
Can you lay out the reasons you think that deserves the remedy you suggest? Maybe I missed something. I read about this earlier and didn't RTFA
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no. why?
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
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The judges family? Yes.
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There's no law in the US that restricts the ability of parents to make names. There are names out there that are way weirder than 'messiah'. If her argument is seriously that it can't be done because 'Jesus is the messiah', then Fuck her. Christianity is not the state religion, it has no place in judicial rulings.
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How's the Barack name trending?
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"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
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