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A Tennessee judge has ordered the parents of a seven-month-old baby to change their child’s name from Messiah to Martin because the name was earned by one person and “that one person is Jesus Christ”.

According to Judge Ballew, it is the first time she has ordered a first name change. She said the decision is best for the child, especially while growing up in a county with a large Christian population.

“It could put him at odds with a lot of people and at this point he has had no choice in what his name is,”

Looks like we got us a Redeemah.

Tennessee Judge orders baby’s name be changed from ‘Messiah’ (WBIR)

independent

(Hat tip: Mark Geary)

BRa5bLOCYAAeDcaThe Karma nightclub in Athlone.

Really?

Athlone Town Councillor Jim Henson said he heard about the controversy from a number of students. He cautioned: “Young people need to celebrate on the Leaving Cert night without marketing companies taking advantage of them.”

 

Yes, but penis rodeo?

Really?

REALLLY?

Cllr James Henson (Labour.ie)

Ah here, sleaze it out (Niall O’Connor, Irish Sun)

11/6/2013. Irish Bishops Conferences

Others had pointed out “that the bishops being a group of aging celibate men have no right to interfere with a woman’s right to choose what she wants to do with her body”. And there were the arguments, “made by several senior politicians that, whilst bishops are entitled to their views, they as politicians have to legislate for all the people, for the public good”.

 

Archbishop Eamon Martin speaking at Féile an Phobail last night as he delivered the Oliver Plunkett address.

Church message ‘increasingly counter-cultural’, says Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh (Patsy McGarry, Irish Times)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

_69203686_stackBrian Stack

 

Full statement of the IRA leader to the family of murdered prison officer Brian Stack:

“I want to acknowledge that the IRA was responsible for the death of your father. I regret that it has taken so long to clarify this matter for you. This was a secret guerrilla army. It kept no records of its military operations. During the 30 years of war activists were killed, many thousands were imprisoned and leaderships at all levels were constantly changing. Reliable information is therefore not readily available and sometimes not available at all. The IRA did have rules and regulations, including a rule which prohibited any military action against Irish state forces. Regrettably at times these rules were breached.

Between the 1970s and 80s there were prison struggles in Britain, the north (of Ireland) and south (of Ireland). The prisoners resisted these harsh regimes. Prison officers were killed by the IRA in the north. These killings were sanctioned by the IRA leadership but none were sanctioned in the south and none was asked for in the case of your father. In Portlaoise a brutal prison regime saw prisoners and their families suffer greatly.

This is the context in which IRA volunteers shot your father. This action was not authorised by the IRA leadership and for this reason the IRA denied any involvement. Some years later, when the Army Council discovered that its volunteers has shot Prison Officer Brian Stack, the volunteer responsible for the instruction was disciplined. Those who carried out the attack were IRA volunteers acting under orders.

The IRA was responsible for your father’s death. This operation should not have taken place.While the IRA can no longer comment on this matter let me express my sorrow for the pain and hurt your family suffered.”

Stack statement from IRA leader (Citybeat)

Admission that IRA killed prison officer Brian Stack (BBC News NI)