President Obama Tells Alabama's Judge Roy Moore Federal Law Will Be Obeyed

[William769]

When BuzzFeed News editor in chief Ben Moore sat down with President Barack Obama Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview that touched on numerous points in the struggle for LGBT equality, the president made headlines by announcing that he "welcomes" what he senses as a "shift" that the Supreme Court is about to make regarding the freedom to marry nationwide.

But the president also had some choice words for a state Supreme Court justice who is standing in the way of the freedom to marry in Alabama, the latest state to see its ban on same-sex marriage struck down by a federal court.

Roy Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been the state's most vocal — and vociferous — opponent of allowing Alabama to become the 37th state with the freedom to marry. The chief justice has instructed probate judges (who are responsible for issuing marriage licenses in Alabama) to ignore a federal order requiring them to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, telling judges they could be held in contempt if they perform same-sex marriages.

Although a select few Alabama counties began marrying same-sex couples Monday, more than 40 of the state's 60 counties are currently refusing to do so — with many refusing to issue any marriage licenses to any couples, be they gay or straight.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/02/11/watch-obama-tells-alabamas-judge-roy-moore-federal-law-will-be

[hrmjustin]

1. K&R!

[merrily]

2. Good!

[Terra Alta]

3. Way to go, Obama!

[William769]

11. ...

[Dawson Leery]

4. This puts Obama in line with JFK and LBJ

when dealing with the south.

[forest444]

9. One of the top 5 'Wish I had been there' moments in Oval Office history:

"George, you and I shouldn't be thinking about 1965"

"We should be thinking about 1985. We'll both be dead and gone then."

"Now, you got a lot of poor people down there in Alabama. A lot of people need jobs; a lot of people need a future. You could do a lot for them. Now, in 1985, George, what do you want left behind? Do you want a great big marble monument that says 'George Wallace: He Built'? Or do you want a little piece of scrawny pine lying there along that hot caliche soil that says 'George Wallace: He Hated'?"

- LBJ, to George Wallace. March 14, 1965.

[KingCharlemagne]

12. And Ike (Little Rock, AR) - nt

[brer cat]

5. He is correct

that Federal courts "will have something to say to him," and Moore is not going to be happy. Probably one of the best perks of being President is getting to slap Roy Moore up side the head.

[sheshe2]

6. I love my President...

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And he loves you all~

[MFrohike]

7. Heh

He's way more polite regarding Moore than that jackass deserves. I guess a president can't exactly say, "Scoreboard, asshole" but Roy Moore makes me wish he would.

[Thor_MN]

8. Never thought I'd support a military deployment, but send the National Guard.

How many times do we need to kick Alabama and drag it kicking and screaming into the present?

[KingCharlemagne]

13. Hat tip! - nt

[Iliyah]

10. K & R!

Again, "Sweet" Alabama. Gov. Wallace refused Negroes attending white colleges and segregating the schools. What Moore is saying about LGBT community is the same damn thing the so called Christians said about Blacks. Brother and Sisters, Fathers and Daughters marrying . . beastiality, dirt, filth, animals, against their GAWD's teachings, et al.

[ladyVet]

14. Seems to me they are in contempt if they _don't_ issue the licenses.

Not if they do. Somebody should just smack Roy Moore upside the head.

[spanone]

15. send in the marshalls.