Jesus Christ Meets Your Papers Please (fwd)

[J.A. Terranson]

If you think this is stupid, just wait till the Real ID Act takes
effect.

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Yours,

J.A. Terranson
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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.

Re: Jesus Christ Meets Your Papers Please (fwd)

[Justin]

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?