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12th August 2013, 03:58 PM
Judge Orders Baby "Messiah's" Name Be Changed
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by Fox News Insider (http://foxnewsinsider.com/about) // Aug 12 2013 // 11:12am
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A judge in Tennessee handed down a shocking ruling to a mom who named her son Messiah. The judge told the mother to change her son's name, saying that the name "Messiah" was applicable to one person and one person only.
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FoxNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/11/tenn-judge-changes-infant-name-from-messiah-says-it-could-put-him-at-odds-with/#ixzz2blfKSzfl) reports that Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change last week, according to WBIR-TV , when the boy's parents were in court because they could not agree on the child's last name. However, when Ballew heard the boy's first name, she ordered it changed, as well.
"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," Ballew said.
It was the first time she ordered a first name change, the judge said.
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Messiah was No. 4 among the fastest-rising baby names in 2012, according to the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names.
The judge in eastern Tennessee said the baby was to be named Martin DeShawn McCullough, which includes both parents' last name.
The boy's mother, Jaleesa Martin, of Newport, said she will appeal. She says Messiah is unique and she liked how it sounded alongside the boy's two siblings -- Micah and Mason.
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"Everybody believes what they want so I think I should be able to name my child what I want to name him, not someone else," Martin said.
Ballew said the name Messiah could cause problems if the child grows up in Cocke County, which has a large Christian population.
"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.
Read more: http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/12/tennessee-judge-lu-ann-ballew-orders-baby-messiahs-name-be-changed#ixzz2bnZUL0kX
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by Fox News Insider (http://foxnewsinsider.com/about) // Aug 12 2013 // 11:12am
As seen on Fox and Friends (http://foxnewsinsider.com/show/fox-and-friends)
A judge in Tennessee handed down a shocking ruling to a mom who named her son Messiah. The judge told the mother to change her son's name, saying that the name "Messiah" was applicable to one person and one person only.
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FoxNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/11/tenn-judge-changes-infant-name-from-messiah-says-it-could-put-him-at-odds-with/#ixzz2blfKSzfl) reports that Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change last week, according to WBIR-TV , when the boy's parents were in court because they could not agree on the child's last name. However, when Ballew heard the boy's first name, she ordered it changed, as well.
"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," Ballew said.
It was the first time she ordered a first name change, the judge said.
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Messiah was No. 4 among the fastest-rising baby names in 2012, according to the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names.
The judge in eastern Tennessee said the baby was to be named Martin DeShawn McCullough, which includes both parents' last name.
The boy's mother, Jaleesa Martin, of Newport, said she will appeal. She says Messiah is unique and she liked how it sounded alongside the boy's two siblings -- Micah and Mason.
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"Everybody believes what they want so I think I should be able to name my child what I want to name him, not someone else," Martin said.
Ballew said the name Messiah could cause problems if the child grows up in Cocke County, which has a large Christian population.
"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.
Read more: http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/12/tennessee-judge-lu-ann-ballew-orders-baby-messiahs-name-be-changed#ixzz2bnZUL0kX