Writing in the Washington Post this week, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Ruth Marcus declares, “We’re at war over gender pronouns. Can’t we all just show some respect?” Marcus’s column chronicles a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit rejecting a prisoner’s request for a name change, as well as the inmate’s request to change the pronoun the court uses from “he” to “she.”

Marcus argues that the case can really be simplified to the following:

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