Alabama Chief Justice Moore: Gay marriage 'not in accordance with Constitution'

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: AL.com, the Alabama Media Group

By Charles J. Dean | [e-mail]
on June 30, 2015 at 6:44 AM, updated June 30, 2015 at 7:16 AM

Chief Justice Roy Moore conceded Monday that the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that homosexuals have a constitutional right to marry sets a precedent.
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Asked if as the state's chief justice he would follow and enforce the law, Moore snapped that judges do not enforce the law. Asked if he expected probate judges and other judges and state officials to obey the law, Moore used examples of men who were judged to have followed wrong and immoral laws and orders in Germany during World War II.

"Could I do this if I were in Nuremberg (war crimes trials after WW II) say that I was following the orders of the highest authority to kill Jews?... Could I say I was ordered to do so?

Told that trial was about killing human beings, not gay marriage, Moore asked: "Is there a difference?"

Read more: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/alabama_chief_justice_moore_ga.html

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Ummm, yes there is.

If it weren't for that snip, I'd have let this go as "so what else did you expect him to say?" That comment, though, is remarkable.

[d_legendary1]

1. Alabama...

[Angry Dragon]

13. I like that sign

[trotsky]

2. "Is there a difference?"

The key thing to remember here is that in the mind of Roy Moore, and millions like him - NO, there is not. To them, murder and homosexuality are both direct violations of what they see as "god's law" and therefore equally offensive, sinful, and wrong.


“You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.” ― Ben Goldacre, Bad Science

[Angry Dragon]

14. Perhaps people need to be asked the question

if they hold a government job if they will put gods' law above mans' law and if they answer gods' then they can not have the job............

[Telcontar]

18. That is a religious means test and is unconstitutional

Just as odious as saying only Christians can hold office.

[riderinthestorm]

3. So essentially for Roy Moore, gay marriage equals Auschwitz?!

Just when I think they can't get any more crazy, they do.

[hobbit709]

4. One more "legal" opinion from an idiot that has been repeatedly wrong.

[Journeyman]

5. German soldiers and SS had a choice, same as Alabama public servants do . . .

Both could choose to follow their conscience, but at a price.

For those in Nazi Germany, it meant swift reprisal; imprisonment, death, or something worse -- sent to the Eastern Front.

For those in democratic Alabama, it means having to eventually seek new employment and the loss of their pension.

All in all, seems the dissenters among the Cotton State will have it quite a bit easier than their "counterparts" (Roy Moore's characterization) under the Reich.

[shenmue]

6. Boo, hiss. What a jerk

[yellowcanine]

7. The view from the dust bin of history is making Mr. Moore grumpy, it seems.

[TheCount_]

8. Um. No,

sorry mister Moore. Someone higher up said is in accordance with the constitution.

[SoapBox]

9. Blah, blah, blah Ginger...Blah, blah, blah.

What an asshole...and idiot.

[Renew Deal]

10. Loving v Virginia sets a precedent

Obergefell v. Hodges follows it.

[jalan48]

11. Pro slavery mindset.

Moore and his ilk are basically saying, "We don't have to follow laws we don't agree with". Isn't this the kind of thinking that led to the Civil War?

[BlueJazz]

12. Please, give it up.

[JudyM]

15. And what of Bush v Gore and Citizens United? He made it to the top position in the AL legal system

... And still doesn't get it.

[graegoyle]

16. I admit that I haven't read it very closely...

But is there any god-damned reference to homosexuality or marriage in the original constitution? Or the first ten amendments?

[jmowreader]

17. Or anywhere ELSE in the Constitution, for that matter?

I joined the Army once and reenlisted twice. I swore to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. After seeing a state supreme court judge who doesn't know what the Constitution says, I now know what a domestic enemy looks like.