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Maybe Civil law countries were right about this and you shouldn’t be able to change your name without a significant reason.
by formerly_proven 4y ago
Maybe Civil law countries were right about this and you shouldn’t be able to change your name without a significant reason.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoYou need a reason in several US states, and have to be approved by a judge. Some give more leeway than others, but you can't just roll up and ask to have your name changed to "Tequila Slammer Johnson III" without some damn good reasons. But if you want to change your name from Jessica Smith to your middle name, and thusly be Amanda Smith, that might fly. Doubly so if you have a stalker ex with restraining orders. Plus I'm not really cool with the idea of you being forced to have a name. You didn't choose it, your parents' did, and they may not have been in sound mind (or have ever been in sound mind, for that matter). If I'm an adult and can vote, drink alcohol, operate motor vehicles, etc, why can't I chose my own name? We let people choose their own pronouns, are you forcing people to use a dead name now, too?