The wife of suspended Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, Kayla Moore, is president of the Foundation for Moral Law, a Montgomery-based legal foundation dedicated to strict construction of the Constitution according to the intent of its Framers.
However, the Foundation in no way is involved in the current proceedings that are aimed at punishing the chief justice over his legal opinion regarding Alabama laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefel v. Hodges that “legalized” same-sex “marriage” in the U.S. But that hasn’t stopped a liberal group from misleading the press—and, by extension, the general public—about the truth.
Kayla Moore said the foundation “operates by the highest ethical standards.” She said it would continue to defend the Constitution, traditional marriage, and the right of the people to acknowledge God in the public arena.
The foundation’s senior counsel, John Eidsmoe, noted the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed “numerous complaints” against Roy Moore, including at least one concerning the foundation. But none of the six charges filed by the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission even mention it.
SPLC, which promotes homosexual “rights,” including “marriage” for same-sex couples, has lashed out following the Alabama Supreme Court order that the state’s probate judges follow the Alabama Constitution rather than the order of a federal judge in regard to the issuance of license for same-sex “marriages.” Eidsmoe said the media needs to be more careful to distinguish between SPLC’s complaints and the actual charges leveled by the JIC against Roy Moore.
None relate to the Foundation.
“The JIC’s charges are only that—charges,” he said. “In reality, the charges stem from the fact that the Chief Justice holds a philosophy of constitutional law that differs from that of many of his critics. From the days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the relationship of the states to the federal government, and especially that of state courts to federal courts, has been sharply debated. That debate should continue.
“Many throughout the nation, and especially in Alabama, believe the states should have a greater voice in the federal/state relationship than is currently afforded them. That’s why the people of Alabama have twice elected Roy Moore to be their Chief Justice. It is regrettable that the advocates of federal supremacy want to silence their opponents by removing them from office, effectively nullifying the voice of the people.”
