I would have rather seen the inevitable lawsuit and accompanying headlines…
Catholic School Opens Gates to Hell Boy
July 9, 2007 - 10:19pm
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Hell family has protested to a Catholic school in Australia after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city of Melbourne after discussions among the principal, the parish priest and the family over his last name.
But Alex Hell, 45, said he would rather send 5-year-old Max elsewhere because the school balked at taking the boy because of his family name. Hell said he had Austrian heritage and that the name means “bright.”
Hell, a Roman Catholic father of three, said he and his wife initially offered to enroll Max using his mother’s maiden name, Wembridge, but later changed their minds.
“It just didn’t sit right,” Hell told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Images: (St. Peter) laughingriot.com via groups.msn.com; (Hell’s Gate Bridge) nyc-architecture.com; (Australian cash) swic.edu.au;( Kerry/NY Post) kennymarlatt.com