Judge orders baby's name to be changed from "Messiah"

[bullets]

I know a woman named Candy. She has relatives named Bobbi-jo. There are other names like that in the family I just can't remember them now.

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[KevanG]

Heh. I loved Ted.

But yeah, the family has all sorts of names like that.

 

[Manic]

Desire.

Was it the French name pronounced Deh-zeer-eh? Because that can be spelled as Desiree or Desire.

 

[Mike_D202]

Has this judge heard of the first amendment?

I'm not crazy about the name Messiah, but it's still better than the names most hipsters give their kids.

Can't imagine this will stand.

To quote the Child Support Magistrate, “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,”

Oh, boy. Nobody tell the Jews. Or you know, any of those other wrong religions.

Forget the name for a minute, this person should be disbarred.

She probably wouldn't have cared too much if the person who was changing the name was a grown adult, but since this is a baby who can't properly make it's own responsible decisions then I'm not entirely sure the 1st amendment would apply here. Probably saved the kid from years of psycho-therapy.

Call the kid a normal name and let him/her make the decision to change it when they are an adult. That's my stance on the issue. Hell, I'm 30 years old and I'm still thinking about changing my name to "Tom Cruz."

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

His nickname will be Muad'ib aka Paul Atreide, aka The Kwisatz Haderach, aka Usul among the Fremen.

 

[KevanG]

I just barely got that joke.

A friend of mine would have loved it.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I am happy that I came in here to see that no one was claiming "knowing someone who knew someone" that did one of those stories that gets circulated around like the black girl named La-A (pronounced la-dash-a).

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Is that even allowed? The Judges reasoning behind his ruling is horribly biased. If parents wanna name their children ridiculous things, let them. The kid will grow up, be ridiculed, beat up and harrased for his name. And when he's 18, the kid can change it if he chooses to do so.

I don't blame the judge
Some of the bullied might be bullies in turn, or just pay the bullies back in spades

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

should have named him Aaah Aagh I'm Dying You Idiot

 

[Anubis]

I know at least 3 people named Messiah. One spelled "Missiyah". (Girl by the way)

I really don't see what the big deal is. Bullies making fun of the kid? Hardly. If they didn't make fun of this kid I knew named "Binaca" (like the breath freshener.) but totally made fun of the kid named "John", then it's pretty clear this judge has no idea what she's talking about. Particularly with names in the Black Community. Messiah's actually extremely tame in the face of some of the messed up s**t I've seen.

And her religious boos**t, quite frankly, should get her kicked off the bench.

 

[NickNitro]

I'm naming my son Peanut Butter..middle name Extra Crunchy and daughter Grape Jelly and there's nothing any judge can do to stop me.

 

[terry78]

Now that whole North West thing....I know that was done just for the publicity.

 

[Darthphere]

There was a girl in my high school named Pepsi. Seems like an open and shut case of copyright infringement, but no one ever prosecuted.

For those who think young.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I'm waiting for the Darth Vader, Skywalker, Boba or Sardo Mumspa names ....

 

[Darthphere]

I'm sure those exist.

 

[Xeno]

Was it the French name pronounced Deh-zeer-eh? Because that can be spelled as Desiree or Desire.

No, the mother pronounced it desire. I have a relative named Desiree, so I know the difference. A couple of people joked rather crudely that the mom named her kid after her favorite feeling (she had four or five kids).

 

[Hal_Jordan]

No, the mother pronounced it desire. I have a relative named Desiree, so I know the difference. A couple of people joked rather crudely that the mom named her kid after her favorite feeling (she had four or five kids).

Maybe she just really liked that U2 song?

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I know this chick named Cali Caramel. Well, I don't know her personally, I just watch videos of her at questionable sites. When I'm feeling a bit suffocated and want to let off some steam.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

In 3 pages it went from a bady's name to a porn star. Classy

 

[KevanG]

I'm naming my son Peanut Butter..middle name Extra Crunchy and daughter Grape Jelly and there's nothing any judge can do to stop me.

I wouldn't if I were you. Certain people have made it their business to tell others how amazing it is for peanut butter and jelly to be together.

 

[Breogan]

"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,"- the judge said.

Regardless if its a "good" name or not, the judge's reasoning is horrible.
Jews, Muslims, Rastafarians what have you, all have their own interpretation of messiah, for the judge to impose their one biased religious view on another person is moronic, if not criminal.
That judge should be fined or disbarred.

Any Hispanic people in the state of Tennessee named Jesus better watch out before this judge tracks them down.

Little Messiah Martin DeShawn McCullough and Jesus Garcia are gonna throwdown in the playground to see who fo real!

 

[Pink Ranger]

His nickname will be Muad'ib aka Paul Atreide, aka The Kwisatz Haderach, aka Usul among the Fremen.

You forgot Lisan al-Gaib, The Mahdi, and The Preacher.

Geez, Paul was like the Mick Foley of science fiction heroes.

 

[Charlie Boy]

If this judge wants to right name wrongs she should sit in on a taping of Maury.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Messiah isn't even that bad a name. It's not like they tried to name their kid 4Real. I'm looking at you, New Zealand couple from a few years back.

Totally forgot about that one.

 

[Donnie Darko]

when I was a little kid, I named my goldfish "Bad Dude". It was the late 80s. I did what I want.