Re Made an Ass of Ermself
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/national/01PLED.html[/url]
The New York Times portrays Mike Newdow, the California crackpot who sued to declare the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. It turns out in addition to being a militant atheist, he's a feminist wacko:

He does not understand, for example, why the English language allows itself anything so cumbersome and awkward as masculine and feminine pronouns. The Mike Newdow dictionary would replace "he" and "she" with "re," "his" and "hers" with "rees" and "him" and "her" with "erm."

"Come on, try it out," he says. " 'Re went to the store.' It's easy."

He's also an antifeminist wacko, thanks to a bitter custody dispute. "Television reporters still looking for sound bites on the pledge from Mr. Newdow would be well advised to steer clear of asking about his real obsession," the Times helpfully offers. "As he himself warns, 'I could go on about family law for days.' " He objects to courts that take account of "the best interests of the child," which he says is "arbitrary and indefinable" and subject to "no valid measurements."

Meanwhile, a playground fight has broken out on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where Newdow won his case last week. The Associated Press reports that Stephen says Alfred stayed his ruling because Mary told him to, but Alfred says he did it all by himself and Mary had nothing to do with it, and Mary is in such a huff she won't even talk about it.

...sued to declare the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional.

He does not understand, for example, why the English language allows itself anything so cumbersome and awkward as masculine and feminine pronouns.