Judge refuses to change transgender man’s name
This judge may have some trouble by not obeying the law.
Click here for reuse options!An east Georgia judge has refused to change the name of a transgender man, saying his choice was too masculine and could be misleading and potentially dangerous.
Attorneys for Rowan Feldhaus this week filed a brief with the Georgia Court of Appeals saying that Columbia County Superior Court Judge J. David Roper had overstepped his authority by refusing Feldhaus’ petition to change his name from Rebeccah Elizabeth to Rowan Elijah.
Feldhaus, 24, of Grovetown, was born female but identifies as male. Judge Roper heard the petition for a name change in February and issued an order in March turning it down. He took particular issue with Feldhaus’ choice of Elijah as a middle name.
“I don’t know anybody named Elijah who’s female,” Roper said, according to a transcript of the hearing. “I’m not going to do that. I’ve never heard of that. And I know who Elijah was, one of the greatest men that ever lived
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Suzanne McFly June 12th, 2016 at 09:11
Seems hate eats brain cells, he had to be smart at some point to become a judge, right?
Carla Akins June 12th, 2016 at 09:16
Not really, Rick Perry appointed Louie Gohmert to Chief Justice on Texas’s 12th Court of Appeals in 2002 starting his political career. Just sayin. :-)
Suzanne McFly June 12th, 2016 at 12:49
Ugh, sometimes I wonder if we would be smarter to call it quits and leave Texas behind.
Budda June 12th, 2016 at 10:30
What a dumb a$$