Roy Moore opposes the gay marriage amendment

[Joe]

You have to register, don't bother

"I don't think you can make a constitutional amendment for every moral problem created by courts that don?t follow the law of their states," said Moore, who is currently waging a legal appeal to get his chief justice job back. "If you do, you pretend to do what God has already done and make it subject to the courts. I think it's a problem to establish morality by constitutional amendments made by men when the morality of our country is plainly illustrated -- in Supreme Court precedent and in state-law precedent and in the common law -- as coming from an acknowledgement of God."

Moore warned that an amendment could eventually be mistaken as the source of morality and then be reinterpreted down the road by judges or legislators. For example, he said, the amendment being pushed by conservatives simply defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, leaving the door open to future officials who could argue that the measure does not prohibit incestuous unions.

Let's see, Georgia just shot down a proposed amendment banning gay marriage, Roy fucking Moore opposes it, and the Amendment doesn't have enough support to pass through the Senate. I think it's doomed to failure.

[Wicked Pilot]

Thank you Captain No Shit for pointing out this disturbing discovery for us. Why I though the man was gonna pull out his tight leather pants, hop on a hippy VW, drive to San Francisco, and get hitched to Jesse Helms. Boy was I sure fucking wrong.

[Darth Raptor]

Thank you Captain No Shit for pointing out this disturbing discovery for us. Why I though the man was gonna pull out his tight leather pants, hop on a hippy VW, drive to San Francisco, and get hitched to Jesse Helms. Boy was I sure fucking wrong.

Um, you do know that He's opposing the amendment right?

[Wicked Pilot]

Wow shit, he opposes the admendment, yet he opposed gay marriage? I think he's a lying cocksucker about this, but man do I have egg on me. Damn lack of edit button.

[Rogue 9]

Wow shit, he opposes the admendment, yet he opposed gay marriage? I think he's a lying cocksucker about this, but man do I have egg on me. Damn lack of edit button.

ROFL!

[RedImperator]

Wow shit, he opposes the admendment, yet he opposed gay marriage? I think he's a lying cocksucker about this, but man do I have egg on me. Damn lack of edit button.

He opposes it on the grounds that the Constitution shouldn't be seen as a source of moral law. A variation of the "Let's not clutter the Constitution with trivial shit" argument.

[Andrew J.]

Wow shit, he opposes the admendment, yet he opposed gay marriage? I think he's a lying cocksucker about this, but man do I have egg on me. Damn lack of edit button.

Did you even read the thread title, or did you just see "Roy Moore" and "gay marriage amendment" in close proximity and make a (short, admittedly) jump to a conclusion?

[Wicked Pilot]

Did you even read the thread title, or did you just see "Roy Moore" and "gay marriage amendment" in close proximity and make a (short, admittedly) jump to a conclusion?

You're goddamn right I did!

[beyond hope]

That is a suprise, considering he's also currently sponsoring bills in the house and senate to bar federal judges from ruling on religious matters like judges who insist on keeping replicas of the 10 commandments on government property. Wonder what his game is?

[Darth Wong]

That is a suprise, considering he's also currently sponsoring bills in the house and senate to bar federal judges from ruling on religious matters like judges who insist on keeping replicas of the 10 commandments on government property. Wonder what his game is?

He's figured out that the Constitution is an impediment to his religiofascist agenda, so he wants to marginalize the Constitution.