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So you are going through the visitor cards from Sunday (sorry PY) and a young lady would like you to mail some additional church information to her. She gives her name and address but you realize that you are seriously uncomfortable addressing the envelope.
Poopnoggin Smith
4321 Honesty Lane
Washington DC 12345
Would you edit her name?
If you called her on the phone how would you address her?
Before I get accused of trolling ( ... 1 ... 2 ...3 ...) let me point out that my post on the other thread was intended to make these points. What is the proper response? One of the aforementioned young ladies was arrested. She had ID. She was fingerprinted. I assume that the legal files and court records all spelled her name correctly. Would the local papers refer to her as "(expletive deleted) Jones"? Would the paper be responsible for any offense caused by printing her name? Those were the fallout examples on my mind when I posted that original "random thought". At least two young women are out there in the world with an name that can't be said on TV or the radio.
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So anyway, when she is done doing her time, gets saved and wants to join your church, would you require her to change her name? How would information about her upcoming nuptials be printed in the church bulletin? If we need to be prepared for the gay married couples walking through the church door ...
Okay, so this last paragraph is trolling a little.
Poopnoggin Smith
4321 Honesty Lane
Washington DC 12345
Would you edit her name?
If you called her on the phone how would you address her?
Before I get accused of trolling ( ... 1 ... 2 ...3 ...) let me point out that my post on the other thread was intended to make these points. What is the proper response? One of the aforementioned young ladies was arrested. She had ID. She was fingerprinted. I assume that the legal files and court records all spelled her name correctly. Would the local papers refer to her as "(expletive deleted) Jones"? Would the paper be responsible for any offense caused by printing her name? Those were the fallout examples on my mind when I posted that original "random thought". At least two young women are out there in the world with an name that can't be said on TV or the radio.
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So anyway, when she is done doing her time, gets saved and wants to join your church, would you require her to change her name? How would information about her upcoming nuptials be printed in the church bulletin? If we need to be prepared for the gay married couples walking through the church door ...
Okay, so this last paragraph is trolling a little.