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'''Roy Moore''' is the elected [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Alabama]] Supreme Court, and a [[conservative]].  In 2015, he stood up for sovereignty over the issue of marriage and ordered probate judges to comply with state law rather than an order by a federal district court that attempted to change state law.

'''Roy Stewart Moore''' (born February 11, 1947)<ref name="PVS"/> is the elected [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Alabama]] Supreme Court, and a [[conservative]].  In 2015, he stood up for sovereignty over the issue of marriage and ordered probate judges to comply with state law rather than an order by a federal district court that attempted to change state law.

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Moore 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> He 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>

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>

==Legal career==

==Legal career==

On November 18, 2002, a U.S. district judge ruled against Moore, and later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta also ruled against him.<ref name="ALEncyc"/> Moore rejected the orders to remove the monument, and was suspended and eventually removed from office on November 13, 2003.<ref name="ALEncyc"/><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/13/moore.tencommandments/ Ten Commandments judge removed from office]. ''CNN''. November 14, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref>

On November 18, 2002, a U.S. district judge ruled against Moore, and later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta also ruled against him.<ref name="ALEncyc"/> Moore rejected the orders to remove the monument, and was suspended and eventually removed from office on November 13, 2003.<ref name="ALEncyc"/><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/13/moore.tencommandments/ Ten Commandments judge removed from office]. ''CNN''. November 14, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2016.</ref>

===In between terms and re-election===

===Re-election===

 

Moore was re-elected as Chief-Justice in November 2012.<ref name="Who?"/>

Moore was re-elected as Chief-Justice in November 2012.<ref name="Who?"/>

On May 7, 2016, Moore was illegally suspended from the bench by the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission for continuing to uphold Alabama law (which, despite the illegal claims otherwise by the five liberal judges of the [[United States Supreme Court]], outlaws [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] and is still in effect) based on frivolous complaints filed by [[leftist]] hate group and [[terrorism]] enabler the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and a number of other [[homosexual agenda]]-supporting groups and individuals who support the illegal imposition of same-sex "marriage" by the US Supreme Court (via the unconstitutional [[Obergefell v. Hodges]] ruling in 2015) and other corrupt liberal-leaning federal judges.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/alabama-supreme-court-chief-justice-named-in-complaint/ Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice suspended] at WND.com</ref> Supporters of same-sex "marriage" and the illegal suspension of Moore have taken to making childish and immature attacks and false allegations against Moore and his character at the Facebook pages of both the SPLC and fellow far-Left group the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in response.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter/posts/10154196488459700</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/humanrightscampaign/photos/a.10150307206218281.358630.18813753280/10154219789013281/?type=3</ref>

On May 7, 2016, Moore was illegally suspended from the bench by the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission for continuing to uphold Alabama law (which, despite the illegal claims otherwise by the five liberal judges of the [[United States Supreme Court]], outlaws [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] and is still in effect) based on frivolous complaints filed by [[leftist]] hate group and [[terrorism]] enabler the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and a number of other [[homosexual agenda]]-supporting groups and individuals who support the illegal imposition of same-sex "marriage" by the US Supreme Court (via the unconstitutional [[Obergefell v. Hodges]] ruling in 2015) and other corrupt liberal-leaning federal judges.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/alabama-supreme-court-chief-justice-named-in-complaint/ Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice suspended] at WND.com</ref> Supporters of same-sex "marriage" and the illegal suspension of Moore have taken to making childish and immature attacks and false allegations against Moore and his character at the Facebook pages of both the SPLC and fellow far-Left group the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in response.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter/posts/10154196488459700</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/humanrightscampaign/photos/a.10150307206218281.358630.18813753280/10154219789013281/?type=3</ref>

==Other==

==Other activities==

He is also the founder of the Foundation for Moral Law.

Moore unsuccessfully ran for Alabama Governor in 2006 and 2010, and he considered running for president in the [[Presidential Election 2012|2012 presidential election]].<ref name="Derby">Derby, Kevin (November 23, 2011). [http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/roy-moore-run-his-old-job-not-white-house Roy Moore to Run for His Old Job -- Not the White House]. ''Sunshine State News''. Retrieved October 3, 2016.</ref> Moore served as the president of the Foundation for Moral Law from 2004<ref name="PVS">[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/57111/roy-moore#.V_MUwmwVBPY Roy Moore's Biography]. ''Project Vote Smart''. Retrieved October 3, 2016.</ref><ref name="ALSU"/> until 2013, and since 2013, he has served as President Emeritus of the foundation<ref>[http://morallaw.org/about/ About the Foundation for Moral Law]. ''Foundation for Moral Law''. Retrieved October 3, 2016.</ref> Moore also has ties with the conservative [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]].<ref name="Derby"/>

 

Moore is Kayla, and together they have four children.<ref name="PVS"/><ref name="ALSU"/> Moore is a strong Christian, and he attends First Baptist Church in Gallant, Alabama.<ref name="ALSU"/> Moore has written a book entitled ''So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom''.<ref>Moore, Roy S.; John Perry (2005). ''So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom''. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman and Holman. ISBN 978-0-8054-3263-3.</ref>

==References==

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