Tom Parker, a close associate of Roy Moore, should be disqualified from the race for not even understanding the most basic function of a judge.

Supreme Court candidate Tom Parker called Tuesday for his opponent in next week’s Republican primary, incumbent Justice Jean Brown, to “oppose and resist” homosexual marriages in Alabama even if a federal judge orders that they be allowed.
“It is highly likely that federal judges will endorse some form of gay marriage in the near future and order state judges to enforce their orders,” Parker said. “It is extremely important that judicial candidates in Alabama let voters know where they stand.”

A spokesman for the Brown campaign pointed out that same-sex marriages are illegal in Alabama and said “Justice Brown will continue to vigorously apply the laws of the state of Alabama, as she always has.”

This is another of the problems with partisan political elections for seats on the bench. A judge should not have positions on the issues that will come before them in the future. They should be decided on a case-by-case basis in the context of the rule of law that has been estabished at that time. It is downright frightening that we could end up with another person on the highest bench in Alabama who thinks the most important law is their own sense of right and wrong.

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