Judge denies the request for name change to 'F%$ck Censorship'

SANTA FE, N.M. (June 2 - A New Mexico appeals court on Friday ruled against a Los Alamos man who wanted to change his name to a phrase containing a popular four-letter obscenity.

The man appealed after a state district judge in Bernalillo County refused his request to change his name to "F&*ck Censorship!"

Judge Nan Nash ruled that the proposed name change was "obscene, offensive and would not comport with common decency"



The man - whose current legal name is Variable - argued on appeal that it was improper government censorship to deny him the name change.

"We do not believe that the district court's action infringes on petitioner's right to free speech," a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals said in its ruling.

The man has the right to call himself whatever he wants, unless there's fraud or misrepresentation involved, the judges said.

But once he seeks court approval for a name change, the court has the authority to turn him down on several grounds, including if the name is offensive to common decency and good taste, the judges ruled.

That law was clarified in a 2004 case in the same court that apparently involved the same petitioner. In that case, an Albuquerque man whose name was Snaphappy Fishsuit Mokiligon got the go-ahead from the appeals court to change his name to Variable.

some other funny name facts

*Last year, New Zealand authorities blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4Real," saying numerals are not allowed.

*Also in 2007, Sweden refused to allow a couple to name their daughter "Metallica," after the rock group.

*Germany has laws against naming children Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.

*French parents must choose baby names from an approved list. The laws are designed to prevent teasing.

*One Michigan boy and one Texas boy have been named ESPN after the sports network based in Bristol, Conn.

*Singer Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. named his daughter Nevaeh, or heaven spelled backward, in 2001. It has grown faster in the U.S. than any name in the last century

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What a schmuck. The guy, not the judge.

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The judge should have legally changed his name to "tool."

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I think he may have got it passed if he had got religion and added a middle name Mr (*)(*)(*)(*) The Pope, would be a

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It's really big in some place in India to name children after famous people from around the world. Even Hitler.

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the guy is an idiot!

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Isnt it against the rule subby to insult a member you naughty boy

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I did not know you were trying to change your name

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