Here’s a ROAST to Michael Newdow, who many of you might remember as the guy who sued the “under God” clause in the pledge of allegiance. The Supreme Court dismissed the case because Newdow (who was suing on behalf of his daughter) did not actually have custody of her daughter. Now, Michael is back… along with eight other parents. [Full Story]

There are a lot of people in America. And whenever there’re people, there’s gonna be a division of thoughts: a majority and a minority. I don’t really understand what it is about American Law that has this priority in protecting the minority. Last I checked, majority ruled in a democracy. While the fundamental rights of everyone are to be protected, I think it’s a bit ridiculous to try to change society so that a minorty of people aren’t “offended”. I hope that this doesn’t fall into the “let’s sue restaurants for making our coffee too hot” or “let’s sue restaurants so we can get fat” type deal. Although monetary incentives are not immediately seen. But I can imagine that if the Supreme Court (which is most likely where this case will end up, because who knows what happens out in California) rule in favor of Mr. Newdow, I can see them turning around and making the case that all those years they were forced to say it it’d cause them a lot of emotional distress.

*sigh* Americans…

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Edit: This post belonged to a series of “roast of toast” posts that has since been discontinued.

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