US: Twice-suspended homophobic state judge endorsed by Trump for Senate
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A former state judge twice suspended from office who believes “God’s law” can invalidate decisions of federal courts has won Alabama’s Republican Senate primary, The Washington Post reports.
Roy Moore defeated the incumbent, Senator Luther Strange, with 55 per cent of the vote.
Mr Moore is now in the lead to win the seat in the general election on December 12 against Democratic candidate Doug Jones.
In a victory speech, he said: “We have to return the knowledge of God and the Constitution of the United States to the United States Congress. We have become a nation that has distanced ourselves from the very foundation.”
President Trump tweeted his support for Mr Moore, saying: “Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy, WIN in Dec!”
The Republican candidate, who brandished a revolver at a rally on the eve of the run-off, was first suspended in 2003 when he disobeyed a federal judge’s order that a statue of the Ten Commandments be removed from the state judicial building.
Last year, after being re-elected to court, he was removed again after calling on state judges to defy the US Supreme Court’s decision to legalise same-sex marriage.
He has compared homosexuality to bestiality and believes the Bible has supremacy over the Constitution.
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