Aw, Hell

Surprising developments from a church down under...:

MELBOURNE (AFP) - A boy called Hell has been barred from enrolling in a Catholic school in Australia because his surname jarred with its religious teachings, the child's father said Monday.

The youngster's dad, 45-year-old Alex Hell, has expressed outrage after the primary school in the southern city of Melbourne allegedly refused to admit his son, Max.

"We are victims of our name," said Hell, whose name is of Austrian origin.

"We're quite devastated by the whole thing," the Catholic father of three told the Australian Associated Press.

"It's 2007, not 1407 -- it's not the Dark Ages."

It's a wake-up call, dummy. I'm devastated that you haven't grown up yet. In fact, you should be looking on this as a boon. I can't believe they'd let a little thing like a name get in the way of getting more young boys.