Iceland and Norway do have approved government lists of baby names.
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Marshall, Sibyl D
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:28 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57531] RE: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ?
I read the article and struggle with what the proper place of the
government is in approving children's names. Yes, those names seem crazy
and likely to lead to psychological damage of the children. On the other
hand, if I want to name my child after Emma Goldman, or Del Martin, or
Malcolm X, does the government need to give a seal of approval? How do
we draw that line? There are probably plenty of people out there who
think it would be terribly wrong for me to name a child after any of
these people and that it shows I am an unfit parent. Who makes the
decision?
On another (less serious) note, it ticks me off to no end that the
parents, [sarcasm] two prime examples of the superiority of the Aryan
Master Race[/sarcasm] are living on government-funded disability
pensions. First, my tax money is using to bankroll their hateful
lifestyle and indoctrination of innocent children -- great! Second, they
are apparently too stupid to know that the Final Solution included plans
to exterminate the disabled as well as Jews, gays, Romany peoples, etc.
I am leaning towards having the state just remove their children from
the home and terminate their parental rights on the ground that they are
too ignorant to possibly raise these children without endangering them.
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu on behalf of Elliott C. Blevins
Sent: Wed 12/17/2008 10:57 AM
To: Ronald Huttner; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57523] RE: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ?
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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[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
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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.
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Melbourne
Victoria
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