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Related: About this forumRoy Moore, Texas Officials Lay Out Biblical Case Against Gay Marriage
Judges dont typically speak publicly on issues like same-sex marriage.
But Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says if he didnt speak out against it, hed consider himself guilty of treason.
At a rally against same-sex marriage on the south steps of the Texas Capitol on Monday, Moore invoked Col. William Barret Travis, the namesake of Travis County, an Alabama native who came to Texas to draw a line in the sand at the Alamo.
He took a stand in the face of an enemy that was far more numerous, Moore told a crowd of hundreds, including dozens of Republican state lawmakers. But he knew that he had to make a statement for the people of Texas, and that he would give his life. I hope I dont give my life, but Im going to tell you this is a very serious matter.
If we fail to stand up today, we will dishonor the memory, not only of Col. Travis, but all those whove died in the history of this great state.
Moore, famous for once being kicked out of office for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building, recently ordered probate judges not to issue licenses to same-sex couples despite a federal judge ruling the states marriage amendment unconstitutional. Reading from several court opinions, Moore told the crowd at theDefense of Texas Marriage Amendment Rally that federal judges dont have authority over domestic policy related to family and marriage in the states.
Read more: http://www.texasobserver.org/roy-moore-texas-officials-lay-out-biblical-case-against-gay-marriage/
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Sit down, dumbasses.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)is fine, but upholding his oath to defend the constitution would make him 'guilty of treason'?!
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