I was for him till I read this:

   In one recent letter to the court, he said he wanted
   Muslims “excluded from the jury” because he was Jewish and
   “Islam preaches death to Jews.”

Now he comes off as some old racist, cranky dude. [Edit: I still do think what he's doing is admirable and very noteworthy. I was just saying that that single quote makes it easy for people to dismiss him and why he's doing what he's doing.]