Sometimes We Forget…

That the rest of the country is not like us here in the northeast. When I went to change my name it was a breeze, just fill out the form and pay $150 (Which can be waved). On the form I answered the question about the reason for my name change as “personal” and they do a criminal background check. You see the judge in a few days, swear that I was not changing my name for criminal reason and that is it. No lawyers, no fuss, no muss.

In some states they publish you name and your new name in the paper because your creditors are supposed to see it and go after you with your new name. But in other states it can be a real nightmare…

Oklahoma judge refuses to let men planning sex-change operations have feminine names
NewsOK.com
By Nolan Clay
Published: September 16, 2012 

An Oklahoma County judge is refusing to let men planning sex-change operations switch to feminine names.

District Judge Bill Graves has denied name changes in two such cases so far — last year and again in August. The judge ruled both times the requests were made for a fraudulent purpose.
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“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.”

The judge also wrote about not wanting to be “complicit in legitimizing sex changes through changes of names.”

This is not the first time that the judge has refused to grant a name change to a trans-person and that case is being repealed. This case should have never happened; the judge is basing his ruling on his religious beliefs and not the law. The paper reported that five other Oklahoma County judges who handle name change requests routinely grant them in transgender cases. So this young woman by the luck of the draw got this judge who is now putting her through hell because of his religious beliefs.