Alabama Chief Justice Moore Defends Bench Remarks About Homosexuals - Says The Person Can Be Separated From The Act
Defending his from the bench remarks calling homosexuality "abhorrent,
immoral, detestable", Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore
characterized them as "misunderstood". While attending an event
honoring three Medal of Honor winners, Moore said. "I think the biggest
confusion people have is putting the person with the act. The person can be
separated form the act and in Alabama law indeed is."
Moore's "obiter dicta" remarks in a custody case involving a Lesbian mother,
also included the observation that the state "carries the power of the sword
... to prohibit conduct with physical penalties, such as confinement and even
execution." Many regarded that as an attempt by Moore to justify the
execution of homosexuals under state law. "We never said anything like that,
never intended anything like that," Moore said.
"What the law is, is what I must go by."
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