Tại tiểu bang Tennessee, thuộc miền Nam nứơc Mỹ, tòa án đã ra lệnh cho người mẹ đã đặt tên cho đứa con là Messiah, phải đổi lại thành Martin vì nó "vi phạm niềm tin tôn giáo" của nhiều người. Tòa phán quyết rằng Messiah là tước hiệu chỉ có dành duy nhất cho "chúa Giêsu" mà thôi!!!
"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.Nguồn hình: http://www.irreligion.org/2007/01/03/i-can-see-jesus-can-you/
Cả hai "Niềm tin" đã cho một nhóm thiểu số quyết dịnh ra lệnh tất cả hành xử của cá nhân con người MỘT CÁCH TÙY TIỆN. Vì trước đây và hiện nay đã có nhiều người lấy cái tên "do thái trung đông" này mà chẳng có vấn đề gì! và nó đứng hàng thứ tư trong số các tên được đặt trong năm 2011 và 2012 theo thống kê chính thức của sở an sinh Mỹ (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/rankchange.html)
| Name | Popularity change | Rank in … | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | ||
| Major | 505 | 483 | 988 |
| Gael | 262 | 146 | 408 |
| Jase | 258 | 304 | 562 |
| Messiah | 246 | 387 | 633 |
Ngay cái danh hiệu Messiah, cũng đã có hàng trăm kẻ tự xưng rồi ,
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants)
Quả thật, điều gì phi lý ngược ngạo, phi khoa học , phi nghĩa, bất nhân, khi vào tay tôn giáo và nhà nước đều "hũu lý" và "hiện hũu"!!! Ở Việt Nam hay Tầu chẳng có ai được quyền đặt tên con mình là Hồ Chí Minh hay Mao trạch Đông... Nhưng con chó nhà cũ của tôi ở Sàigon "được" vinh dự đăt tên là Hồ Chí Minh. Ai cũng gọi đừng để công an nghe là được tất!
Riêng cái tên Jesu thì cả thế giới cũng có rất nhiều người mang. Chỉ là cái "não trạng" và quyền lực nó ngang ngược thế thôi!!!
- Jesús Alou (born 1942), Dominican baseball player
- Jesus Baza Duenas, Catholic priest in Guam
- Jesús Flores (born 1984), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús Guevara, Venezuelan boxer
- Jesús Guzmán (born 1984), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús Herrera, Mexican long-distance runner
- Jesús Jiménez Zamora (1823–1897), President of Costa Rica from 1863 to 1866 and 1868 to 1870
- Jesus Quintana, character in the film The Big Lebowski
- Jesús Chucho Sanoja (1926–1998), Venezuelan musician
- Jesús López-Cobos (b. 1940), Spanish conductor
- Jesús Martínez (b. 1976), Mexican boxer
- Jesús Montero (born 1989), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús Navas, Spanish football player
- Jesús Pérez (b. 1971), Colombian boxer
- Jesús Chávez (b. 1972), Mexican boxer
- Jesús Pérez (b. 1984), Venezuelan cyclist
- GG Allin was originally named Jesus Christ Allin
- James Jesus Angleton, Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Counter-Intelligence of the CIA
- Esteban de Jesús (1951–1989), Puerto Rican boxer
- Carlos Alberto, full name Carlos Alberto Gomes de Jesus (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Samuel Firmino de Jesus (born 1986), Brazilian footballer
Tennessee: Judge Orders Baby’s Name Changed from "Messiah" to "Martin"
A Tennessee mother is appealing a judge’s order to change her infant son’s first name from "Messiah" to "Martin." The baby’s parents ended up in court when they could not agree on his last name. But Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew said they had to change Messiah’s first name, replacing it with Martin — his mother’s surname. Judge Ballew told Knoxville TV station WBIR, "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." She said Messiah’s name could "put him at odds with a lot of people" in the heavily Christian county. Interestingly, we have our own Messiah here at Democracy Now! – our video fellow Messiah Rhodes. We asked him to comment on the judge’s ruling.
In this undated photo provided by WBIR-TV, 7-month old Martin DeShawn McCullough is held by his mum, Jaleesa Martin.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge’s decision to change a baby’s first name from Messiah to Martin is drawing strong reactions from people who believe the judge overstepped her powers and those who think parents’ creativity should have some limits.
Thousands of people have commented online about the judge’s order since WBIR-TV published its story over the weekend. Many of them said Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew went too far, but not all.
“I agree 100 per cent that we only have one messiah and that’s Jesus Christ,” said Edith Wood, a resident of Cocke County in eastern Tennessee, where the boy lives. The mostly rural county is located in the Appalachian foothills and encompasses part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Wood said a cousin called from Atlanta and asked her to find the judge and take her out to dinner. Telephone calls to Ballew from The Associated Press rang unanswered Monday, and her voicemail was full.
The hubbub started when the boy’s mother sought an order to establish paternity. It included a request for the judge to determine the child’s last name.
When Ballew heard Messiah’s first name, she decided it should be changed, too, saying the child could face problems with the name Messiah.
The name on his birth certificate was Messiah DeShawn Martin. The judge changed it to Martin DeShawn McCullough, giving the boy his father’s last name while replacing Messiah with his mother’s surname.
“The word messiah is a title, and it’s a title has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ,” she told WBIR-TV in an interview from her office, which had a ceramic figurine of Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus on her desk. A copy of the 10 Commandments hung on the wall.
While Messiah may not be a traditional English name, it is becoming more popular. Messiah was No. 4 among the fastest-rising baby names in 2012, just ahead of King but behind Major at No. 1, according to the Social Security Administration’s annual list of popular baby names.
And other religious names are very common, such as Mohammed in Islamic culture and Jesus (pronounced Heh-SOOS’) in Hispanic culture.
Asked about the name Jesus, Ballew said it was not relevant to the current case.
A number of countries have rules about what are acceptable baby names. In Iceland earlier this year, a girl won a court battle to legally use the name given to her by her mother. Blaer means “light breeze” in Icelandic, but it was deemed to be not a proper feminine name by authorities, who referred to her in government documents as “Girl.”
Hedy Weinberg, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, said the U.S. is different because of the First Amendment.
“Parents, not the government, have the right to name a child,” she said. “The judge cannot impose her faith on those who come into her courtroom.”
The ACLU has offered to help the parents fight the decision.
Laura Wattenberg, the founder of babynamewizard.com, said she has been using the name Messiah as an example of changing baby names.
“The percentage of kids getting names we think of as normal is shrinking,” Wattenberg said. “Today, Paisley is more common than Mary.”
Messiah Ramkissoon, a spoken word poet based in New York City, said people sometimes assume his name is a stage name. But he said the name simply represents a messenger and doesn’t refer exclusively to Jesus. He added that many people are named Emanuel, which means “God with us” and is another term used for Jesus in the Bible.
The baby’s mother, Jaleesa Martin, told WBIR-TV she chose the name Messiah because she likes the way it sounds and thinks it goes well with the names of her other two sons, Micah and Mason. She said she’s appealing the decision and in the meantime will still call her son Messiah.
“I never intended on that — naming my son Messiah because it means God,” she said. “And I didn’t think a judge could make me change my baby’s name because of her religious beliefs.”
Copyright (2013) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Messiah Rhodes: "I was raised by a conservative Christian household, by my grandparents, and I never faced any hostility because of my name. It’s interesting this is happening in Tennessee, a state with a history of racial bigotry, from violent race riots to the formation of the KKK, to the assassination of Martin Luther King. It’s silly it’s about a name. But it’s more than just about a name. This is what happens when there’s no separation between church and state."
Judge Changes Baby's Name From Messiah To Martin Because Of Jesus
In this undated photo provided by WBIR-TV, 7-month old Martin DeShawn McCullough is held by his mum, Jaleesa Martin.Thousands of people have commented online about the judge’s order since WBIR-TV published its story over the weekend. Many of them said Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew went too far, but not all.
“I agree 100 per cent that we only have one messiah and that’s Jesus Christ,” said Edith Wood, a resident of Cocke County in eastern Tennessee, where the boy lives. The mostly rural county is located in the Appalachian foothills and encompasses part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Wood said a cousin called from Atlanta and asked her to find the judge and take her out to dinner. Telephone calls to Ballew from The Associated Press rang unanswered Monday, and her voicemail was full.
The hubbub started when the boy’s mother sought an order to establish paternity. It included a request for the judge to determine the child’s last name.
When Ballew heard Messiah’s first name, she decided it should be changed, too, saying the child could face problems with the name Messiah.
The name on his birth certificate was Messiah DeShawn Martin. The judge changed it to Martin DeShawn McCullough, giving the boy his father’s last name while replacing Messiah with his mother’s surname.
“The word messiah is a title, and it’s a title has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ,” she told WBIR-TV in an interview from her office, which had a ceramic figurine of Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus on her desk. A copy of the 10 Commandments hung on the wall.
While Messiah may not be a traditional English name, it is becoming more popular. Messiah was No. 4 among the fastest-rising baby names in 2012, just ahead of King but behind Major at No. 1, according to the Social Security Administration’s annual list of popular baby names.
And other religious names are very common, such as Mohammed in Islamic culture and Jesus (pronounced Heh-SOOS’) in Hispanic culture.
Asked about the name Jesus, Ballew said it was not relevant to the current case.
A number of countries have rules about what are acceptable baby names. In Iceland earlier this year, a girl won a court battle to legally use the name given to her by her mother. Blaer means “light breeze” in Icelandic, but it was deemed to be not a proper feminine name by authorities, who referred to her in government documents as “Girl.”
Hedy Weinberg, director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, said the U.S. is different because of the First Amendment.
“Parents, not the government, have the right to name a child,” she said. “The judge cannot impose her faith on those who come into her courtroom.”
The ACLU has offered to help the parents fight the decision.
Laura Wattenberg, the founder of babynamewizard.com, said she has been using the name Messiah as an example of changing baby names.
“The percentage of kids getting names we think of as normal is shrinking,” Wattenberg said. “Today, Paisley is more common than Mary.”
Messiah Ramkissoon, a spoken word poet based in New York City, said people sometimes assume his name is a stage name. But he said the name simply represents a messenger and doesn’t refer exclusively to Jesus. He added that many people are named Emanuel, which means “God with us” and is another term used for Jesus in the Bible.
The baby’s mother, Jaleesa Martin, told WBIR-TV she chose the name Messiah because she likes the way it sounds and thinks it goes well with the names of her other two sons, Micah and Mason. She said she’s appealing the decision and in the meantime will still call her son Messiah.
“I never intended on that — naming my son Messiah because it means God,” she said. “And I didn’t think a judge could make me change my baby’s name because of her religious beliefs.”
Copyright (2013) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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