Sarah Ford | February 2, 2015

Alabama judge鈥檚 grandstanding over same-sex marriage is pure demagoguery

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This morning,听听over his public statements urging the governor and state judges to defy federal law and continue to enforce Alabama鈥檚 ban on same-sex marriages.

We鈥檝e been down this road with Moore before. Many around the country know him as the 鈥淭en Commandments judge.鈥

In 2003, we filed an听听over Moore鈥檚 open defiance of a federal court order requiring him to remove his giant Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse. That complaint led to his removal from office.

Unfortunately, Alabama voters elected him chief justice again three years ago.

Now, he鈥檚 at it again 鈥 confusing his personal religious beliefs with his duty to uphold both state and federal law, including the U.S. Constitution.

Our complaint spells out three specific violations of Alabama鈥檚 Canons of Judicial Ethics:

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