Stories tagged with: roy moore

• Ala. elects Jones to Senate amid faith appeals

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (5 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Democrat Doug Jones' election to the U.S. Senate in Alabama last night (Dec. 12) over controversial social conservative Roy Moore capped a campaign in which both sides appealed to faith and values.

  On Election Night, Moore's supporters prayed at his headquarters and sang hymns, including "How Great Thou Art" and "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," according to NPR. Meanwhile, Jones supporter and African American activist Dejuana Thompson told attendees at a victory party, "To God be the glory for the great thing that He has done, for the victory that He has won." Read More

• Roy Moore imbroglio draws So. Baptists' comments

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, November 14, 2017 (5 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- New allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore emerged as Southern Baptists offered a range of commentary on the embattled social conservative.

  Moore's wife Kayla posted on Facebook Nov. 12 an endorsement of her husband by more than 50 pastors, some Southern Baptists. But Alabama's AL.com news website noted the endorsement appeared to be a "recycled" statement from Aug. 15, well before two women accused Moore of sexual contact with them when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s. Three pastors listed as signatories reportedly told media outlets the Moore campaign did not ask them if they still endorsed Moore before republishing the statement and asked that their names be removed. Read More

• Roy Moore denies sexual misconduct allegations

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, November 09, 2017 (5 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, a Southern Baptist long known for his support of Judeo-Christian values in the public square, has denied allegations he initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl decades ago.

  The allegations were published Thursday (Nov. 9) by The Washington Post, which claims Moore, 70, also pursued dating relationships with three other teenagers when he was in his early 30s. Read More

• Roy Moore wins GOP Senate primary

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, September 27, 2017 (5 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Roy Moore, the former Alabama chief justice known for his stands on same-sex marriage and a Ten Commandments monument, has won the Republican primary in a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

  Moore, a Southern Baptist, referenced God frequently during the campaign and his victory speech, according to media reports. His election night party Sept. 26 in Montgomery, Ala., included the singing of hymns like "How Great Thou Art." Read More

• Roy Moore suspension said to ignore 'rule of law'

  by David Roach, posted Friday, September 30, 2016 (6 years ago)

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Although the nine-judge panel charged with trying Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore did not achieve the unanimous ruling required to remove him from office, it suspended him without pay for the remainder of his term in what Moore's attorney Mat Staver called a violation of state law. Read More

• Roy Moore trial leaves supporters hopeful

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, September 28, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- As Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore stood trial today (Sept. 28) on charges he defied federal court rulings on same-sex marriage, an attorney for the Alabama Baptist Convention's public policy auxiliary said he was "optimistic" Moore would retain his job.

  Rules of the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC), the nine-judge panel before which Moore was tried, state that failure to issue a ruling within 10 days "shall constitute an acquittal." A unanimous ruling is required to remove him from office, though a six-judge majority may impose lesser penalties. Read More

• Roy Moore to stand trial for gay marriage order

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, August 09, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- With Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore set to stand trial next month on charges he defied federal court rulings on same-sex marriage, a legal adviser to Alabama Baptists' public policy auxiliary has called the allegations against him unmerited.

  At issue in Moore's case is a Jan. 6 administrative order in which he stated Alabama's 68 probate judges had "a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage licenses contrary to" the state's ban on same-sex marriage until the Alabama Supreme Court clarified the relationship between state law and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Read More

• Renewed gay marriage ban in Ala. debated

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, January 07, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  BP Photo by Morris Abernathy

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- A Southern Baptist judge in Alabama is among the supporters of state chief justice Roy Moore's renewed order that probate judges stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

  "I absolutely agree with his reasoning behind why [Moore] is doing what he's doing," said Nick Williams, probate judge in rural Washington County and a former Southern Baptist pastor. Moore "has every right to issue administrative orders when the court system seems to be in chaos." Read More

• Ala. Supreme Court halts same-sex marriage licenses

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, March 04, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) –- The Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a halt to same-sex marriage licenses in the state, posing a direct challenge to a federal court in Mobile that overturned the state's marriage laws.

  The Alabama court, in a March 3 decision, stated: Read More