Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court is either insane

[Elect]

or incompetent. Either way, shame on him for the lack of respect he shows his own profession. 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/02/alabamas-chief-justice-buddha-didnt-create-us-so-first-amendment-only-protects-christians/

[josephpalazzo]

He's only speaking his mind, what many Americans really believe: that the founding fathers believed that the US was, is and will forever be a christian nation, regardless if this is true or not.

[Elect]

in direct conflict with his profession. This would be like an Amish electrician. He would love to help you out with your power outage, but his religious views specifically prohibit him from doing so. If you hold a seat as a judge you can't publicly slam various groups of people and trivialize their religion or philosophy. That's the type of legal theory has more in common with a theocracy like  Saudi Arabia.

[Shiranu]

I don't know what's worse; being surrounded by people like this, or having grown up as one. He, nor the average Joe, is going to give one care about the fact that what he is saying is dead wrong and completely inappropriate for his position. More than likely it will just make them like him more, find him  someone they could have a beer and BBQ with.

They breed a special type of stupid in the Deep South. It's an art, really.

[Elect]

It has to do with the system of elected judges. We do that here in Texas and people can run as "Conservative" for these positions that require an impartial disposition. But the conflict of interest is hidden to the voters because they tend to agree with the crazy shit these guys spout to get elected. If the tables turned and they found themselves on the losing end of the deal (which is going to start happening with our growing Hispanic voter population) they would cry foul and try to change the rules. So that's probably a thing to watch in Texas... as the elite class of Conservative white lose majority status and feel some of those laws they designed to keep minorities down start to be used against them, they will call it a threat to liberty and try to change it to preserve the dwindling power. 

[stromboli]

It has to do with the system of elected judges. We do that here in Texas and people can run as "Conservative" for these positions that require an impartial disposition. But the conflict of interest is hidden to the voters because they tend to agree with the crazy shit these guys spout to get elected. If the tables turned and they found themselves on the losing end of the deal (which is going to start happening with our growing Hispanic voter population) they would cry foul and try to change the rules. So that's probably a thing to watch in Texas... as the elite class of Conservative white lose majority status and feel some of those laws they designed to keep minorities down start to be used against them, they will call it a threat to liberty and try to change it to preserve the dwindling power. 

Having worked for the government, I can confirm that ennui/stupidity begats ennui/stupidity. I was never able to get into a management position because my reputation as a maverick always preceded me. The people in charge want people in management below them that rubber stamp their efforts. Even if you involve the electoral process, the people up above are going to boost those below who fit their model. In a changing environment of racial differences, the minority white bigotry can still retain power because of it. The irony is that they always touted "thinking outside the box" and always promoted the yes men and lackeys. Sad.

[Elect]

It's just weird how when the majority uses the tools available to it to maintain it's power, it's an exercise of liberty, but when the majority becomes the minority (party wise) then suddenly those tools that it used as the majority now inhibit liberty since they are being used by the opposition. All of these little advantages that we gave ourselves as a majority are going to have some adverse effects we didn't expect.

The same reasoning goes for a free religion argument. If these Christians get the power to do religious things to our Government, it's only setting precedent for other religions to do the same. All of a sudden they could be on the other end of all of those oppressive rules they are crying to enact. Can these people really be that short sighted that they would compromise the future of their own religious freedom just to be able to preach in school today?

[Solitary]

If you want to know a man's character give him power. These are the types of people that make our laws, just like a Supreme Court Justice recently said, saying a prayer before a public meeting is Constitutional, when an atheist and Jewish person protested. And we wonder why our country is so backwards in everything, and churches don't pay taxes.  :fU: Solitary