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'''Roy Stewart Moore''' (born February 11, 1947)<ref name="PVS"/> is a [[conservative]] candidate for the [[United States Senate]] from [[Alabama]], where the runoff primary election will be held on September 26, 2017.  He also served as the elected [[Chief Justice]] of the Alabama Supreme Court, having served two nonconsecutive terms on that court. Prior to that, he was a circuit judge and an attorney.
 
'''Roy Stewart Moore''' (born February 11, 1947)<ref name="PVS"/> is a [[conservative]] candidate for the [[United States Senate]] from [[Alabama]], where the runoff primary election will be held on September 26, 2017.  He also served as the elected [[Chief Justice]] of the Alabama Supreme Court, having served two nonconsecutive terms on that court. Prior to that, he was a circuit judge and an attorney.
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Moore is a [[Christian]] best known for refusing to comply with the [[Culture War|secular agenda]] of federal [[judicial supremacy]] in regards to the display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public ground and the issuing of "marriage licenses" to [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] couples and instead choosing to stand by Alabama state law on the matters, acts which caused him to be improperly suspended from his position twice.
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Moore is a [[Christian]] best known for refusing to comply with the [[Culture War|secular agenda]] of federal [[judicial supremacy]] in regards to the display of the [[Ten Commandments]] on public ground and the issuing of "marriage licenses" to [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] couples and instead choosing to stand by Alabama state law on the matters, acts which caused him to be improperly suspended from his position twice. The [[mainstream media]] has noted Moore's history of bouncing back to an equal or greater position after suffering defeat.<ref>Velasco, Eric (September 23, 2017). [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/23/roy-moore-alabama-senate-resurrection-215639 The Resurrection of Roy Moore]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved September 29, 2017.</ref>
    
==Early life and education==
 
==Early life and education==
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Moore was born in 1947 in Gadsden, Alabama.<ref name="PVS"/> He graduated from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] in 1969.<ref name="ALSU">[http://judicial.alabama.gov/Bios/rmoore.cfm Chief Justice Roy S. Moore]. ''Alabama Supreme Court''. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref> Moore served in the [[U.S. Army]] in [[Vietnam]] as a military police company commander, and after his service finished he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[University of Alabama|University of Alabama School of Law]] in 1977.<ref name="ALSU"/><ref name="Who?">Berman, Mike (February 9, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/02/09/who-is-roy-moore-the-judge-at-the-center-of-alabamas-muddled-gay-marriage-situation/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.fa16a0fcae3a Who is Roy Moore? The judge at the center of Alabama’s muddled gay marriage situation]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref>
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Moore was born in 1947 in Gadsden, Alabama.<ref name="PVS"/> He graduated from [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] in 1969.<ref name="ALSU">[http://judicial.alabama.gov/Bios/rmoore.cfm Chief Justice Roy S. Moore]. ''Alabama Supreme Court''. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref> Moore served in the [[U.S. Army]] in [[Vietnam]] as a military police company commander, and after his service finished he earned a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Alabama|University of Alabama School of Law]] in 1977.<ref name="ALSU"/><ref name="Who?">Berman, Mike (February 9, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/02/09/who-is-roy-moore-the-judge-at-the-center-of-alabamas-muddled-gay-marriage-situation/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.fa16a0fcae3a Who is Roy Moore? The judge at the center of Alabama’s muddled gay marriage situation]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref>
    
==Legal career==
 
==Legal career==
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