Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

January 29, 2009

Boxing legend George Foreman named all five of his sons George.
Actor Nicholas Gage christened his son Kal-El, after the character better known as Superman. Musician Frank Zappa named his children Hermit, Dweezil, and Moon Unit.

Inflicting such names on offspring is a perk enjoyed by celebrities. Non-celebrities do so at some risk to their parental rights. Witness the case of New Jersey parents Heath and Sarah Campbell, who named their oldest son Adolf Hitler, and also gave their infant daughters Nazi-inspired names.

A few weeks ago, state child protection officials seized the Campbell children. The bureaucrats insist that this had nothing to do with their names, but neither they nor the police can identify any other reason for this brutal imposition on parental rights.
Apparently, only celebrities are permitted to display bad taste in baby names without being targeted by the child-snatchers.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.