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Well from the attitude you seem to have, you opened your mouth to insert your foot too, didn't you? We may not know Mr. Newdow, but you don't know Ms. Banning either, in order to call her a fatherhood-hating femi-nazi! For all you know, we all know, he may have threatened her, and the child! There must be a good reason why he is not given custody. We really don't know what their situation is, do we?

According to highschool mama, the mother of Michael Newdow's child moved from Florida to California in order to discourage Michael Newdow from seeing her. My understanding is this is a not uncommon tactic among parents who have no legal basis to deny visitation. In any event, she underestimated Michael Newdow's commitment to his child, as he uprooted his entire life to follow them.

Given the fact that Michael Newdow is an ER MD, a job known for having irregular, crazy hours, it's likely that he didn't sue for custody of his daughter initially. This too is not uncommon among men. However, in the abscence of that knowledge, we must fall back on the fact that Michael Newdow has had visitation and joint physical custody if not sole legal custody, indicating that he has not threatened his child or her mother.