Jesus Christ Meets "Your Papers Please" (fwd)
If you think this is stupid, just wait till the "Real ID Act" takes effect. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF "What this country needs is a good old fashioned nuclear enema." http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/10/jesus.lawsuit.ap/index.html Jesus Christ in legal battle to get license Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Posted: 7:58 AM EDT (1158 GMT) CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Even Jesus Christ can't circumvent the rules for getting a driver's license in West Virginia. Attempts to prove his name really is Christ have led the man born as Peter Robert Phillips Jr. through a lengthy legal battle and a recent victory in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. "This all started with him expressing his faith and his respect and love for Jesus Christ," attorney A.P. Pishevar told The Associated Press. "Now he needs to document it for legal reasons." Described by his attorney as a white-haired businessman in his mid-50s, Christ is moving to West Virginia to enjoy a slower lifestyle. He bought property near Lost River, about 100 miles west of Washington, and has a U.S. passport, Social Security card and Washington driver's license bearing the name Jesus Christ. But he still falls short of West Virginia title and license transfer requirements because his Florida birth certificate has his original name on it and he has been unable to obtain an official name change in Washington. "We just need official documentation that that's his name," said Doug Stump, commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. "He will be treated no different than anybody else." Christ applied for the legal name change in May 2003, but it was denied by District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Tim Murphy because "taking the name of Jesus Christ may provoke a violent reaction or may significantly offend people." In his appeal, Christ's attorney argued that Phillips had changed his name to Jesus Christ 15 years earlier, and "has been using the name since then without incident." The appeals court last month sent the name-change proposal back to the lower court, saying some required hearings in the case had not been held. Any comment from the man in the middle of this legal tussle? "Christ is not speaking to the press at this time," Pishevar said.
On 2005-05-10T08:53:31-0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
If you think this is stupid, just wait till the "Real ID Act" takes effect.
There is already a Jesus Christ living in D.C. If it's legal for someone named Jesus Christ to move to D.C., it should be legal for a D.C. resident or no-longer resident to change his name to Jesus Christ. It's not technically an equal protection issue, but it strikes me as being some sort of discrimination. That doesn't stop a lot of states from passing discriminatory laws, though, as long as the particular discrimination being sought isn't listed in the CRA. Jesus Christ - (202) 543-9498 - , Washington, DC 20001 and other states: Jesus Christ - (310) 458-9440 - 1328 Euclid St, Santa Monica, CA 90404 Jesus A Christ - (207) 374-2175 - 19 Harborview Ct, Blue Hill, ME 04614 This may be the Jesus Christ in question: Jesus Christ - (304) 897-7727 - , Lost City, WV 26810
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/10/jesus.lawsuit.ap/index.html
Jesus Christ in legal battle to get license
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Posted: 7:58 AM EDT (1158 GMT)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Even Jesus Christ can't circumvent the rules for getting a driver's license in West Virginia.
... Described by his attorney as a white-haired businessman in his mid-50s, Christ is moving to West Virginia to enjoy a slower lifestyle. He bought property near Lost River, about 100 miles west of Washington, and has a U.S. passport, Social Security card and Washington driver's license bearing the name Jesus Christ.
But he still falls short of West Virginia title and license transfer requirements because his Florida birth certificate has his original name on it and he has been unable to obtain an official name change in Washington.
I don't understand this. Washington D.C. doesn't handle birth certificates for people born in Florida. All of his federal documentation lists Jesus Christ as his name. Why is the problem in D.C.? It seems to me to be a little late for the brainless in Washington to try to put a lid on this. They should have done that when he got his SS card, passport, or driver's license. I'm somewhat interested in how he got his SS card, passport, and drivers license in a different name than was on his birth certificate. If he's only been using the name for 17 years, that puts both acquisitions at 1988 or later. Maybe decades before that it would have been possible, but how could he have gotten away with it so recently?
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