Some of you may recall from 6 months ago,a little girl named Talula Does
the Hula From Hawaii. (Actually from New Zealand).
Here's an article from Slate that discusses the courts' views of hers
and other names given to unfortunate children. And don't forget Ima
Hogg.
http://www.slate.com/id/2196204/
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu
[mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Ronald Huttner
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:08 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57517] Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ?
I've just been reading the story about the charming New Jersey
couple and the shop that refused to make a birthday cake for their (no
doubt equally charming) 3-year-old son, little Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Are there no laws in the USA designed to protect minors from having
their lives ruined forever by their neo-nazi, moronic and selfish
parents ? Does the First Amendment guarantee of free speech really mean
that any parent is completely free to give his/her child whatever name
he/she chooses - no matter how utterly appalling it may be or how
likely the child will suffer grievously as a result ? Surely in a
rational society there must be limits to the right to free speech. Here
in Australia we have no equivalent to the First Amendment and my
understanding is that the various State and Territory Registrars Of
Births, Deaths And Marriages have a statutory discretion to refuse to
register an outrageous or offensive name. I'd be really interested to
hear what USA List-Members think of this case.
Ron Huttner LL.B (Hons)
(Retired) Barrister, Solicitor, Law Lecturer and Legal
Researcher
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
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