'Ten Commandments' Judge to Alabama Governor: Ignore Marriage Equality Ruling
Source: The Advocate
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, famed for his efforts to keep a Ten Commandments monument on public property as well as his staunch opposition to all things gay, is telling the states governor to ignore a federal judges ruling striking down the states ban on same-sex marriage.
I ask you to continue to uphold and support the Alabama Constitution with respect to marriage, both for the welfare of this state and for our posterity, Moore wrote to Gov. Robert Bentley. Be advised that I stand with you to stop judicial tyranny and any unlawful opinions issued without constitutional authority. The three-page letter, delivered to Bentley this morning, was also released to AL.com, a website for several Alabama newspapers.
Moore, an ultraconservative Christian who has said marriage equality will destroy the U.S. Constitution and the nation overall, frequently invoked the Bible in his letter. The laws of this state have always recognized the Biblical admonition stated by our Lord, he wrote, then quoted words attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Mark: But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this cause a man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Federal courts, he said, are destroying marriage under specious pretexts based on the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Full Faith and Credit clauses of the U.S. Constitution. He claimed that federal courts have no constitutional power to regulate marriage. Our State Constitution and our morality are under attack by a federal court decision that has no basis in the Constitution of the United States, he wrote. He also quoted an 1825 letter from Thomas Jefferson decrying overreach by the federal government and an 1885 U.S. Supreme Court decision citing the importance of the union for life of one man and one woman in the holy state of matrimony.
Read more: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/01/27/ten-commandments-judge-alabama-governor-ignore-marriage-equali
Deja vu anyone?
brooklynite
(94,554 posts)"Bigotry today, bigotry tomorrow, and bigotry forever"
olegramps
(8,200 posts)al_liberal
(420 posts)Yes we are, and damn proud of it.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)He is going to ride this stance to victory after victory in Alabama even if he doesn't believe his own statements.
Moore was kicked off the bench for failing to comply w/ federal order to remove his huge granite Decalogue from state court house. Then, a few years later, was elected back his bench seat. The people of Alabama are as much a delusiobal zealot as he.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Neener neener neener!
William769
(55,147 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)What fucking planet am I living on?
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)It's not the real world.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This judge don't give a damn about the law. Hes all about setting up a theocracy.
Then he can just line up all the gay people and stone them to death.
These people are our own homegrown ISIS.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)always behind the times
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)yes?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)another_liberal
(8,821 posts)(sigh)
blackspade
(10,056 posts)douggg
(239 posts)only applies from republicans, not to republicans.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)and screw the land the law because they are the law.
The Huckelbeeessssssssss, crazy Cruz (dad and son), et al.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)They may even be in the lead, pending what Oklahoma does.
ChosenUnWisely
(588 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)That I'm glad might great-grand parents fled Alabama almost a century ago.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)we've been doing that for over a decade!
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)wolfie001
(2,231 posts)....or sum-ting like dat.
William769
(55,147 posts)MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a judicial ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.
The complaint to Alabamas Judicial Inquiry Commission stems from Moores criticism of a federal judges ruling in favor of a Mobile couple in a same-sex marriage. Moore called it judicial tyranny.
SPLC President Richard Cohen says Moore is thumbing his nose at the federal courts like he did 12 years ago when he refused to follow a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the lobby of the state judicial building.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/01/legal-group-files-judicial-ethics-complaint-against-alabama-chief-justice/
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)badge of honor in Alabama. !
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)There were some hardcore extreme RWers who not only certainly believed, but who even publicly claimed, that interracial marriage was going to "destroy" the fabric of American society, just like hardcore RWers today who hate on gay marriage; but interracial marriage didn't "destroy" the marriages of same-ethnicity couples and same-sex marriage won't "destroy" heterosexual marriages, either!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)So, I'm sure that Moore was aware that he was being watched. I know this because I was in Montgomery just over a decade ago during the Ten Commandments flap, when he had his ass handed to him.
The Man's a zealot who should never be on a bench.
Telcontar
(660 posts)Democracy has limuts.of effectiveness. Electing judges is one.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Cha
(297,220 posts)sheshe2
(83,759 posts)The Human Rights Campaign responded to Moores letter as well. Theres something deeply ironic about a judge seeking the right to ignore another judges ruling while crying judicial activism, said a statement from HRC Alabama director Ashley Jackson. The federal constitution guarantees the equal protection of the law for all Americans, and, sooner rather than later, that equality must come to Alabamas families too.
Geeeeez Methinks they protest to much.
Bartlet
(172 posts)"Be advised that I stand with you to stop judicial tyranny and any unlawful opinions issued without constitutional authority.
Is fucking laughable. He is the very embodiment of judicial tyranny, ignoring higher court rulings based purely on his personal bigotry. Why this scumbag hasn't been impeached and removed from the bench is beyond me.
treestar
(82,383 posts)maybe his rulings can be ignored if the governor finds them unconstitutional?
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Enjoy having your state house occupied by federal troops, Alabama. After all, nullification worked SO well for South Carolina.
Oh, wait.
Thunderbeast
(3,408 posts)I agree that Judge Moore is a bigot and a leader in the American Christian Taliban. The Bible has no place in American (even Alabama) jurisprudence. His proposed nullification of Federal law is disturbing.
That being said, however, I wonder where my home state (Oregon) will stand if a Republican is elected President, and our laws concerning marijuana are overturned by the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution. Time will tell.....