Moore's attorney, Melissa Lea Isaak (born May 31, 1976), said during a press conference on July 25 that her client’s reputation was “smeared beyond belief.
This was a political hit job, no question about it." One of the defendants, Joshua B. "Josh" Schwerin (born Aprl April 28, 1986) of [[Washington, D.C.]], predicted that the "frivolous lawsuit" would be quickly dismissed in court and expressed continued gratitude that Alabama voters rejected Moore in favor of the liberal Democrat Doug Jones,<ref name=mooresuit/> who faces a re-election bid for a full term in the Senate in 2020.
==Other activities==
==Personal life==
Moore "worked as a cattle rancher in the [[Australia]]an outback"<ref>Jenny Jarvie (September 28, 2016). "[http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-roy-moore-ethics-20160928-snap-story.html First it was the Ten Commandments, then same-sex marriage. Alabama chief justice in hot water again]." ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved October 3, 2016.</ref> in the early 1980s.
Roy and Kayla Moore have four children.<ref name="PVS"/><ref name="ALSU"/>A strong Christian, Moore attends the 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>Roy S. Moore and 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>