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Man Asks Court to Change His Name to 'In God We Trust'

foxnews.com — The school bus driver and amateur artist in the northern Chicago suburb says he has filed a petition to change his name in Lake County Circuit Court

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  • CaptainAmerica1, on 05/04/2008, -1/+7I guess his nickname would be "Innie"? ;-)
    • thotpoizn, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2I'm thinking maybe his nickname would be more like the attempt to pronounce the acronym: IGWT would presumably sound something like "igwit" - seems phonetically suitable... ;-)
  • IconoclastStill, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Different, bizarre even, but certainly within his rights.
  • caccia, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4Good on 'em!
  • InRussetShadows, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2Hmm. If he ever marries, I wonder what his children's names will be! It's not something I would do, but I can see his point. A name is something that the state can't take away from you. It reminds me of the final pages of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where people were known by the books they had memorized -- this guy was Hamlet, that woman, Julius Ceasar.
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