Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is set to stand trial later this month on charges of overstepping his authority. 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 orders of the Alabama Supreme Court until the court clarified the relationship between state law and the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges. A trial is set for Sept. 28, when a nine-judge panel will decide whether Moore violated judicial ethics and, if so, what penalty to impose.
Commenting on a new book that favors pedophilia, Denny Burk raises doubts as to how far off cultural acceptance of this behavior might be. He says, "It is common today to believe that sexual orientation is an innate quality and defines a person’s identity. To suppress that identity in any way causes harm. We must affirm people’s self-identity (i.e., sexual orientation) in order for them to be whole and healthy. As long as they aren’t hurting anyone, it is wrong to pronounce a moral judgment on how they choose to live their identity. Or at least that’s how the argument commonly goes. It is a truncated morality in which the only norm is consent."
Homeless shelters have become the latest battleground in the national debate over women's privacy and gender distinction. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is expected in September to finalize regulations that would allow people to stay in homeless shelters based on whatever gender they "identify with." The proposal has set off a firestorm, pitting pro-transgender groups against religious organizations that operate many homeless shelters.
A new study from Sweden reveals that homosexuals who “marry” each other are 270% more likely to commit suicide than those in heterosexual marriages. The risk, the authors acknowledge, could be as high as 480%. This is a staggering and sobering finding. The explanation is surely found in the truth that homosexual conduct is, as Paul put it in Romans 1, “contrary to nature” and leads inevitably to destructive outcomes since it represents such a perversion of God’s design for humanity. As Paul goes on to say, those who indulge in this form of sexual immorality are destined to “receiv(e) in themselves the due penalty for their error” (Romans 1:26-27).
MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama (USA) on Monday implemented a campus-wide policy allowing students, faculty and staff to use restroom facilities that align with their “gender identity,” rather than their sex, in compliance with the Obama administration’s transgender bathroom directive. USA faculty and students recently received an email from Krista Harrell, the school’s Title IX coordinator, announcing the decision.
Why do churches often recive those who have been divorced and remarried, while rejecting those who have compromised on the issue of homosexuality? Isn't this hypocritical? In this article, Russell Moore does an excellent job in responding to this question.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has been cleared of wrongdoing for telling county clerks in Texas last year that they could choose not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on religious grounds. The State Bar of Texas — responding to a complaint by dozens of attorneys — said last week that it found "no just cause to believe" that Paxton "has committed professional misconduct," according to a notice obtained late Tuesday by the Texas Tribune.
In this article, Andrew Heath, Gov. Pat McCrory’s state budget director, responds to the false narrative that HB2 is hurting North Carolina's economy. He says, "The HB2 questions are generally fueled by a false narrative that the law is having a devastating economic impact. This narrative has been so consistently pushed by advocacy groups that people are having an emotional response to it rather than basing what they believe on facts."
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) has hit pause on new rules that would have given male students access to girls' bathrooms and locker rooms and vice versa, Superintendent Ann Clark said Thursday. The announcement coincides with a letter-writing campaign launched by the N.C. Values Coalition, which is urging parents to bombard CMS with letters saying the regulations that were announced in June would jeopardize students’ “privacy, safety and dignity.” But Clark says the change is based on a Wednesday Supreme Court ruling, not the protest letters.
A Gadsden attorney recently filed an ethics complaint with the state's bar association against Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, for comments Cohen has made about suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. The Garmons' complaint states that "our Chief Justice as elected by the voters of Alabama deserves the respect, honor and dignity the rules of professional conduct afford notwithstanding any disagreement as to legal positions held by Cohen and the SPLC."
Sanctity of Marriage Alabama is planning another rally in support of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on September 28th — the very same day that Moore will face the nine-member Court of the Judiciary. Are you free? How about a trip to Montgomery? What better way to spend your time than supporting Chief Justice Roy Moore? He's standing for righteousness and the rule of law — it's our job to make sure he doesn't stand alone. Hope to see you there.
Suspended Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore will go on trial next month on judicial ethics charges after the Alabama Court of the Judiciary late Monday issued an order that denied Moore's request to dismiss the charges. If you want to know why the COJ is taking Moore to trial, here it is in a nutshell: the SPLC doesn't like him. Period.
Do you realize what is happening in Alabama? The unelected Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) and a biased left-wing organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) want your duly-elected Chief Justice Roy Moore removed from office. The JIC charges that Chief Justice Moore acted unethically, but can you explain why the Chief Justice's actions were so "unethical"? This is important because if "unethical" means whatever the JIC says it means, elections mean very little indeed.
The primary reason that so many Christians are ill-equipped to defend marriage is that they don’t understand its theocentric nature. They don’t understand God’s purpose in creating marriage. They don’t understand that marriage was created to be a picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They don’t understand the husband as a picture of Christ and the wife as a picture of the church. As a result, our marriages have become extremely self-centered. In this sermon, Scott T. Brown examines Paul’s words in Ephesians 5:22-33 and helps us to understand what it means to have a gospel-centered marriage.
Notwithstanding NC law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) has decided to let students use whichever bathroom they want. The new CMS policy will go into effect on August 29th. Seriously? Wow. CMS seems pretty determined to make boys and girls share restrooms. Are federal dollars really worth that much?
The Supreme Court intervened for the first time Wednesday in the controversy over bathroom safety and blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed a female student to use the boys' restroom at her local high school. In an unusual 5-3 order, the justices granted an emergency appeal from a Virginia school board, which said it is fighting to “protect the basic expectations of bodily privacy of Gloucester County students.”
A former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice has accused New York Gov. Cuomo of violating the Hatch Act, a federal law that prohibits federal, state and local employees from using their official authority to interfere with or influence the outcome of an election or nomination for office. The Justice says Cuomo's HB2 ads mention North Carolina and its leadership in a transparent attempt to criticize, interfere and affect the impending North Carolina elections.
In this open letter, Dr. Tom Form responds to the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission's politically-motivated complaints against Chief Justice Roy Moore. "We have scrutinized the charges," Ford says. "We have read the complaints that facilitated those charges. We have read every exhibit that you attached. We search in vain for a legitimate ethics charge against Chief Justice Moore. You levy six charges against the Chief Justice. Every one of them is due to be dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim."
Chief Justice Moore will face the appointed, nine-member Court of the Judiciary on Monday, August 8th, but thankfully, he won't be there alone. Sanctity of Marriage Alabama, the grassroots organization that has been battling the SPLC and it's phony charges since day 1, have organized a gathering in support of the Chief. If you value liberty, please consider joining them on Monday, August 8th, at 12:30 CDT, at the Alabama Supreme Court building in Montgomery.
Notwithstanding support from the populace, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is still suspended. His hearing before the appointed Court of the Judiciary is on August 8th. John Denson, a member of the Court of the Judiciary has recused himself from the case and Mr. Rocky Watson, an attorney from DeKalb County will take his place. The Court of the Judiciary should immediately dismiss these bogus charges.
Liberty Counsel and Chief Justice Moore responded yesterday to the baseless case of the appointed Judicial Inquiry Commission. There will be a hearing at the Alabama Supreme Court on August 8th. "The JIC has tried to write a story that does not exist," said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. "Moore never ordered the probate judges to disregard the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage opinion, but that is the slanderous narrative of the JIC. The JIC has no case and never should have filed the baseless charge," said Staver.
An attorney who serves on the Alabama Court of the Judiciary on Wednesday said he would not participate in that panel's decisions on whether suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore should be tossed off the bench for a second time. John V. Denson, II, an Opelika attorney who is one of nine attorneys, judges and private citizens who serve on the Court of the Judiciary, stated he wanted to avoid the appearance of impropriety because he is the only member who also served on a previous case before the Court of the Judiciary when it removed Roy Moore the first time from his job as chief justice on Nov. 13, 2003.
On July 21st, NC Lt. Governor Dan Forest released a statement concerning the NBA's decision to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game. "I enjoy the NBA and wanted them to hold the All-Star game in Charlotte but if that game comes with strings attached, strings that would expose women and children to danger, molestation, assault and voyeurism, then no thank you," he said. "Take your business elsewhere, and I have no apologies about saying that and never will."
Children's cable network Nickelodeon has introduced a "gay married" couple into the lineup during the children's cartoon programming. Owned by Viacom Media Network, Nickelodeon targets children ages 2 to 17. It has already introduced a lesbian couple in the 2014 online finale of The Legend of Korra.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced on July 22nd that it was moving the 2017 All-Star Game away from Charlotte. Commissioner Adam Silver had threatened the state with the possibility shortly after HB2 was passed by the state legislature and signed by the Governor in March. A statement released by the major basketball league read in part that they didn’t believe they could host their “All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by HB2.”