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hifiguy

(33,688 posts) Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:48 AM Sep 2012

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OK judge refuses to let transgender person change name.

This chewy little cluster of fk is yet another example of the shrieking lunacy of the religulously insane.

"To grant a name change in this case would be to assist that which is fraudulent,” Graves wrote. “It is notable that Genesis 1:27-28 states: ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth ...' The DNA code shows God meant for them to stay male and female.”

Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-judge-refuses-to-let-men-planning-sex-change-operations-have-feminine-names/article/3710063#ixzz271OoWMsG

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OK judge refuses to let transgender person change name. (Original Post) hifiguy Sep 2012 OP

Weird. This judge does realize that refusing to let him change his name won't make the surgery... Curtland1015 Sep 2012 #1

...What. The. Fuck. theKed Sep 2012 #2

Why is the judge quoting scripture? The ACLU needs to step in; LeftinOH Sep 2012 #3

So, quoting scripture is now a legal justification? Canuckistanian Sep 2012 #4

Curtland1015

(4,404 posts)

1. Weird. This judge does realize that refusing to let him change his name won't make the surgery...

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:54 AM

Sep 2012

...impossible, right?

What an ass.

theKed

(1,235 posts)

2. ...What. The. Fuck.

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:57 AM

Sep 2012

does biblical passages have to do with changing their legal name?

LeftinOH

(5,357 posts)

3. Why is the judge quoting scripture? The ACLU needs to step in;

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 10:58 AM

Sep 2012

If I want to change my name to "Tiffany" (I am male) it is my right to do so.

Canuckistanian

(42,290 posts)

4. So, quoting scripture is now a legal justification?

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 11:01 AM

Sep 2012

"Sharia Law" is here, people.

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