Alabama Chief Justice Candidate Roy Moore To Speak Monday Night

August 19, 2012

Roy Moore, conservative Republican candidate for the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, will speak Monday evening in Brewton.

Moore was elected chief justice of Alabama’s highest court back in 2000, but he was removed — and made national news — in 2003 when he refused to follow a federal judge’s order to remove a granite Ten Commandments monument that he had placed in Alabama’s judicial building.

The Alabama Democratic party removed their candidate for chief justice Friday after he made online comments the party deemed to be inappropriate for judicial candidate, according to al.com.

The Democratic State Executive Committee said Harry Lyon’s “increasingly erratic behavior” had “undermined his ability to stand as a candidate for the Democratic Party”.

Lyon made comments “critical of Republican justices, homosexuals and supporters of gay marriage”, The Birmingham News reported.  Lyon even said Moore suffered from “dementia” and was a “devil worshiper”.

“It is disappointing that this close to the election process we find ourselves without a candidate for Chief Justice, but are hopeful that we will soon have a truly qualified candidate and future Chief Justice,” said Democratic Chairman Mark Kennedy.

“It only will show Alabama voters what a farce the once powerful Alabama Democratic Party has become,” Bill Armistead, the state Republican Party chairman, said in a statement about the Democratic party’s lack of a candidate.  “The Alabama Republican Party will stand shoulder to shoulder with Judge Roy Moore to defeat you and support conservative Alabama values.”

Moore will speak during the August meeting of the Escambia County GOP at 6 p.m. Monday at The Hourglass, 220 St. Joseph Avenue in Brewton.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News