Common
12-04-2018, 07:29 AM
It was bound to happen, some old guy 69 wants to legally lower his age by 20 yrs because he identifies as a 49 yr old. This is no more ridiculous than a man wanting to be treated like a woman because he says he identifies as one.
A Dutch court has rejected 69 year-old Emil Ratelband’s bid to legally lower his age by 20 years to match his self-identified age of 49.
Citing gender and name identity rights, Ratelband had petitioned the Netherland’s Arnhem district court to change his age. But, in an announcement Monday on its website, de Rechtspraak (https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken/Rechtbank-Gelderland/Nieuws/Paginas/District-court-refuses-to-amend-Emil-Ratelbands-date-of-birth.aspx), the court rejected Ratelband’s request, since age requirements placed on activities like voting would become meaningless:
“The district court has refused to amend Emil Ratelband’s date of birth. Mr Ratelband had asked the district court to make the amendment to match the age that he says that he feels (49). The court found that there was no scope in legislation or case law to allow such a ruling.”
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“The court did not find any reason in Mr Ratelband’s arguments to create new case law in line with the statutory provisions on changes to a person’s officially registered name or gender. Its main reason was that, unlike the situation with respect to a change in registered name or gender, there are a variety of rights and duties related to age, such as the right to vote and the duty to attend school. If Mr Ratelband’s request was allowed, those age requirements would become meaningless.”
The court ruled that Ratelband had failed to make his case based on his claim of “age discrimination”:
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/court-granting-age-identity-rights-would-have-variety-undesirable-legal-and
A Dutch court has rejected 69 year-old Emil Ratelband’s bid to legally lower his age by 20 years to match his self-identified age of 49.
Citing gender and name identity rights, Ratelband had petitioned the Netherland’s Arnhem district court to change his age. But, in an announcement Monday on its website, de Rechtspraak (https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken/Rechtbank-Gelderland/Nieuws/Paginas/District-court-refuses-to-amend-Emil-Ratelbands-date-of-birth.aspx), the court rejected Ratelband’s request, since age requirements placed on activities like voting would become meaningless:
“The district court has refused to amend Emil Ratelband’s date of birth. Mr Ratelband had asked the district court to make the amendment to match the age that he says that he feels (49). The court found that there was no scope in legislation or case law to allow such a ruling.”
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“The court did not find any reason in Mr Ratelband’s arguments to create new case law in line with the statutory provisions on changes to a person’s officially registered name or gender. Its main reason was that, unlike the situation with respect to a change in registered name or gender, there are a variety of rights and duties related to age, such as the right to vote and the duty to attend school. If Mr Ratelband’s request was allowed, those age requirements would become meaningless.”
The court ruled that Ratelband had failed to make his case based on his claim of “age discrimination”:
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/court-granting-age-identity-rights-would-have-variety-undesirable-legal-and