Only in Tennessee - or Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia maybe. A magistrate dealt with the case of a baby boy whose parents could not agree on the child's last name.
Child support judge, Lu Ann Ballew decided she was none too pleased with the 7-month old's first name either and so she changed that to Martin from - wait for it - Messiah. Judge Lu Ann ruled Messiah was a religious name earned by only one person and, "that one person is Jesus Christ."
But here's the kicker. It looks as though Judge Lu Ann's reasoning is wrong, big time:
"Messiah was the fourth fastest-rising baby name in 2012, according to
the social security administration's annual list of popular baby names."
There must be little Messiahs running around everywhere. Sounds like there are a lot of folks becoming seriously stoked about the End Times.
Who's next in the docket for Judge Mary Lu? Major league baseball players and bowlers?
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Having been disappointed by past Messiahs, it appears that some people have decided to grow their own.
ReplyDeleteBrits have House of Lords: 763 members (not including 49 who are on leave of absence or are otherwise disqualified from sitting). Lord also means God. So Brits have close to 800 Lords or Gods?
ReplyDeleteThat comment is lol funny, Owen.
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ReplyDelete...I seem to remember at least one Major League Baseball player named Jesus---although that was pronounce "hey Zeus" so maybe it's not the same in Kentucky
It's said that every other inmate in the Miami lockup is named Jesus.
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