What’s True
Vance was indeed given the name James Donald Bowman at birth, after his biological father …
What’s False
… but, officially, he has only changed his name twice, not three times. The first name change was the result of his adoption by his stepfather. The second name change was one he requested as he was about to graduate from Yale Law School, a year before he got married.
Nice of his peers to refer to him by his chosen name instead of his birth name without any grief though! I wonder if there’s a lesson in here somewhere… 🤔
This points out one of the evilest parts of the Republican party and that is the fact that their political opinions have nothing to do with their actual beliefs and are only a way for them to hurt other people. At the end of the day they don’t care if someone changes their name or what bathroom they use, but talking about these things in relation to transgender issues is a way for them to cause pain to others which is the only point to anything for Republicans.
People that say things like “I’m not a conservative but I’m voting for Trump/Bush/Romney” are really saying they’re only voting for the fascist parts and don’t really care about the fiscal policy as long as they get to cause undeserved pain to someone. And remember, if it’s not undeserved pain then they’re not into it. It’s must be undeserved or at the very last disproportionately cruel.
All name changes seem perfectly reasonable to me. Couch copulation, not so much.
There are so many reasons to hate JD Vance, but changing his name to match the name of the person who raised him is not one of them.
This has nothing to do with hating him, just pointing out his hypocrisy when it comes to someone choosing their own name.
He changed what he is publicly known as at least 3 times, only 2 were officially recorded. Seems like it is important to him to be referred to by his chosen name, nothing wrong with that.
