{"id":38446,"date":"2013-08-12T10:40:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/on-the-naming-of-baby-names.html"},"modified":"2013-08-12T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:40:55","slug":"on-the-naming-of-baby-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/on-the-naming-of-baby-names.html","title":{"rendered":"On the naming of (baby) names"},"content":{"rendered":"
Frankly, I think naming your baby "Messiah" is just goofy, esp. if you do it as this mother did, because "She liked how the name Messiah sounded alongside the other two siblings and thought it was unique"<\/p>\n

That said, it's not up to a judge to, unsolicited, decide that it has to be changed.<\/p>\n

'"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," Judge Ballew said. […]\u00a0She said the decision is best for the child, especially while growing up in a county with a large Christian population. "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.'<\/i><\/p>\n

Your Honor, frankly, it's \u00a0none of your damned business, whether you're doing it because of your own religious beliefs or for the ostensible good of the child. \u00a0Here's hoping the mother's appeal nets you a nasty reprimand.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tennessee Judge orders baby’s name be changed from ‘Messiah’ |<\/a>
\n (WBIR-Newport) A Newport mother is appealing a court’s decision after a judge ordered her son’s name be changed from “Messiah.” Jaleesa Martin and the father of Messiah could not agree on a last name, which is how they ended up at a child support hearing in Cocke County Chancery Court on …\n <\/p>\n

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Frankly, I think naming your baby "Messiah" is just goofy, esp. if you do it as this mother did, because "She liked how the name Messiah sounded alongside the other two siblings and thought it was unique" That said, it's not up to a judge to, unsolicited, decide that it has to be changed. 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