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Mr. In God We Trust
 By Tom Shoop | Wednesday, May 07, 2008  |  05:56 PM

School bus driver and amateur artist Steve Kreuscher of Zion, Ill., is going to court in an effort to legally change his name to "In God We Trust," the Daily Herald of suburban Chicago reports.

That's first name "In God" and last name "We Trust."

Kreuscher says he wants the new moniker because God has protected him through some difficult times. Also, he's worried that atheists will succeed in getting his chosen namesake phrase taken off U.S. currency, and wants to provide a contingency plan to keep it alive.

"Those words are an endangered species," Kreuscher said. "You might take it off the money, but you can't take away my name."

(Hat tip: OhMyGov!)



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Thou art thyself though, not a We Trust.
What's We Trust? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So In God would, were he not In God call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title: — In God, doff thy name;
And for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.

Creighton Barrell  | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |  02:38 PM


Mr. WeTrust has a right to say what he wants. Although I'm not a lawyer and do not know if he does indeed have the right to be named what he wants, I don't have any problem with his desire to have a weird name. His reasons are his own. It would be silly (and draw undue attention to his beliefs) to STOP him from getting his name changed.

Why is it more weird to be named "Mr. In God We Trust" than it is to be named "Ms. Moon Unit Zappa"?

What would be tragic is if his rather extreme views or the extreme views that might be diametrically opposed were given more time, attention or official consideration than their right to be expressed as views.

A different FedGuy  | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |  02:20 PM


This is silly! What's the next step, to bring a claim against the government for ownership of its currency because it has his name on it? If the court grants this name change, we're in serious judicial weirdness!

FedGuy

FedGuy  | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |  09:34 AM



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