Tennessee judge rules infant's name must be changed from 'Messiah'

First of all, apparently the parents were in court because of a dispute about the name, but as far as I can tell that was only about the last name... Most article headlines that I have seen want you to believe that the Judge changed the name during a completely unrelated matter. Period. Which would be a bit worse I guess.

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A judge in Tennessee changed a 7-month-old boy's name to Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ." The boy's parents were in court because they could not agree on the child's last name, but when the judge heard the boy's first name, she ordered it changed, too. Ballew said the name Messiah could cause problems if the child grows up in Cocke County, which has a large Christian population.

Check out this pant load:

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"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.

Don't tell the judge about this:

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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.

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