Moore, 70, is vying to become the next U.S. senator for Alabama, and his chances are looking good. But Moore’s unabashed religious views and apparent disregard for the legal establishment have won hearts in the overwhelmingly Christian state. “They don’t want to do that, because that acknowledges a creator God,” Moore argued. In 1997, Moore defied a federal court order to halt Christian prayers before sessions and remove a homemade plaque of the Ten Commandments he kept in his courtroom. As a result, Alabama’s judicial ethics panel removed Moore from office ― his first tenure as chief justice.

Source: Huffington Post September 21, 2017 21:22 UTC