Tennessee Judge orders baby's name be changed from 'Messiah'

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A Newport mother is appealing a court's decision after a judge ordered her son's name be changed from "Messiah."

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Posted by Eudaimonia 12 years, 9 months ago

That's what you get for asking permission of The State.
The couple is damned lucky that The State didn't just abduct their kid.

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  Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  I can't stop laughing. frankly, I cannot choose a side here...
  
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Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago

Was "Barrack" taken?

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  Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  her other two children have first names that begin with M. alliteration. maybe "Mmm mmm mmm"
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    You just named her next 3 kids.
    
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  Posted by overmanwarrior 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  LOL, not in Tennessee. Wait, maybe if it was west of Nashville.
  
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  Posted by AJAshinoff 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  Yeah, Barry doesn't like sharing the spotlight. Its better to mooch on God's notoriety, He doesn't send DHS.
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    That judge gave me the willies. Did you notice her ornate earrings? Bottom line...parents can name their kids whatever they want...even if it's spelled ridiculously or pronounced differently than the letters would lead you to believe. (I could make a list.)
    
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Posted by AJAshinoff 12 years, 9 months ago

Seriously Messiah? Damn think about the weight that would place on a kid. It would be hard to grow up a thug or a crack-head with a name like that.

Still, I don't see how the State has any authority to rule on what a parent names their child - even if it is a ridiculous name.

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  Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  Believe you me...the names you want to stay away from are biblical names...too many of them are terrors. Especially the Angel's and the Jesus's...and the Gabriel's aren't usually picnics either. OH..and the Noah's too! Messiah is destined. Which reminds me...at the hospital a couple weeks ago, when my grandson was born...there was another baby boy there and someone named him Lucifer (!!) He'll probably turn out to be an Angel. (haha).
  
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    Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    my dad's close friend when he was a kid had a little sister who introduced herself to everyone,"Hi, my name is Janet Annette Meyer. Call me Sappy!"
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
      
      huh...I thought it was going to say, "Call me JAM!"
      
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    Posted by Rocky_Road 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    Hmm....
    
    John, Mary, Paul, David, Peter, Saul, Joesph, Luke, etc.???
    
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      Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
      
      naw- those were around before the bible
      names are a bloody personal thing. (I know one of my kids has an odd name. heck, I have an odd name). once the govt gets involved, we're on the slippery slope to our social security number as our name.
      My favorite all time nane is "The Artist formally known as Prince" you can pronounce it and everything.
      
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        Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
        
        And "Prince" is a title too....so how'd he get away with that?
        
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    Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    !!!!!!
    
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  Posted by Rocky_Road 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  That's a tough call...I see both sides.
  
  For instance: some judge recently forced a set of parents to change their newborn son's name from their first choice of Adolf Hitler. The child needed the court's protection in that instance, at least in my mind.
  
  The other side of the issue is that anyone can legally change their name once they reach legal age, But so much damage can occur by the time that becomes an option.
  
  There used to be a NASCAR driver that had to deal with the humiliation of his parents not thinking ahead when they filled out his birth certificate: his name was Dick Trickle.
  
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    Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    I remember him!! How could one forget that?!? I have a phrase I use for names like that; naming your kids when you're angry. I'd be angry, nay pissed as hell, if I had to live with that until I was 18, sheesh!
    
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      Posted by Rocky_Road 12 years, 9 months ago
      
      It should have made him a better driver (anger=aggression), but didn't.
      
      Kind of like The Boy Named Sue song....
      
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        Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 9 months ago
        
        Lol!!
        
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    Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    I think they actually took little Adolf and put him in a foster home.
    theater of the absurd
    
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    I always figured his name was Richard, but made the most of it. LOL
    
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Posted by j_IR1776wg 12 years, 9 months ago

Somewhere in the '70s or '80s, I became aware that France had a book of permissible children's names. If French parents dared to disobey this list, they were subject to fines and imprisonment. I wonder if we will ever see that here?

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Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 9 months ago

Now that is some pressure. Was the mother's name Mary? :) I see no difference between that and Jesus. Don't we hear that pronounced [xeˈsus]) in Mexico.
Silly, but Not a government issue...

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  Posted by khalling 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  Jaleesha said it had nothing to do with God.
  
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    It was solely political.
    
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    Well that makes sense...
    
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      Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
      
      LOL
      
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    lol!
    
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  Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 9 months ago
  
  Here's a song for that
  
  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmyVLheqkQ...
  
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 9 months ago
    
    I think that Mary was really Tipper Gore. :)
    
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      Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 9 months ago
      
      I think you're right. :-)
      
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