Alabama drag queen is suspended chief justice's nightmare

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Alabama drag queen is suspended chief justice's nightmare

Jay Reeves and Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Updated 4:26 pm, Tuesday, May 10, 2016

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Wearing big hair, loads of makeup and high heels, small-town drag queen Ambrosia Starling is the new worst nightmare of suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Moore has called out Starling twice by name in recent days while defending himself against allegations of violating judicial canons with his opposition to same-sex marriage. During a news conference and in a written statement, Moore cited the cross-dressing entertainer as a reason he's at risk of losing his job for the second time since 2003.

That's fine with Starling, who helped lead an anti-Moore rally on the steps of the Alabama Supreme Court building in January. Opponents that day filled out more than 40 complaints against Moore, who already was the subject of other complaints and now faces removal from office if convicted of violating judicial ethics.

"If it takes a drag queen to remind you that liberty and justice is for all, here I am," Starling said Tuesday between sips of coffee.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Alabama-drag-queen-is-suspended-chief-justice-s-7444496.php

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Justice Roy Moore and his favorite "Tiyun Commayundmunts" monument. [/center]

[Actor]

1. She needs to be very worried about her personal safety given who this piece of shit is.

[Judi Lynn]

2. You can most surely say that again. Those guys are treacherous, and deadly. n/t

[Tribalceltic]

14. Please explain your comment

[Actor]

24. Obvious, I thought. She is making enemies with very ugly, violent people.

[Gregorian]

3. It seems to be effective protest.

[Person 2713]

4. Go Miss Ambrosia Tell it!

[PSPS]

5. This doesn't belong in LBN.

[Bradical79]

7. Why? -nt

[keylargo]

13. I think he says that about everything he doesn't like!

Wonder why?

[MrScorpio]

15. It sure does

It's all about the message.

[Warpy]

6. I now have a brand new heroine

and I hope she can continue to speak out safely and that no one takes it out on her elderly mother.

I also know where I'd love to shove that idiotic monument. Bet it would fit, too.

[Akicita]

30. Your derogatory joke about the size of his anal cavity is denigrating to those who have anal sex.

Like gay men for example. You should know better.

[cannabis_flower]

32. I think he was referring to

the judge. He want to shove the monument because the judge is a huge a....h... so he bets it would fit. I don't think he was referring to Ms. Starling.

[Akicita]

34. I know he was referring to the judge. Doesn't matter who he was referring to. The joke was

Inappropriate and denigrating. My son is gay and I have had to put up with ignorant people making jokes like that for years. I almost was fired once for my reaction to a co-workers remarks about my son and a watermelon. When I confronted him he refused to apologize and just kept laughing about it and my reaction. I came close to punching him which would have cost me my job.

Denigrating people by joking about the size of their anal cavity should be off limits these days.

[Soxfan58]

35. Wow

I'm sorry Akicta a put I did not feel that comment was homophobic.

[Akicita]

36. I didn't call anybody a homophobe. I think the comment was innapropriate.

I consider it a micro-aggression. I'm sure it was unintentional. I just wanted to educate the poster that jokes about a person's anal size meant to denigrate that person can be viewed as offensive because those jokes are also used to denigrate and make fun of gays. The jerk in Alabama deserves to be denigrated, just not in a way that may be offensive to others.

[Soxfan58]

38. I thought

It was a slam on a judge who was a big asshole

[Ned Flanders]

8. I fricken love drag queens!

They do make me smile. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, is one of my favorite movies. I'd be that rough-looking miner in the crowd who is applauding way too enthusiastically.

[packman]

9. Moore is a disgrace

His 10 commandment folly should have been enough to remove him permanently . A true nutcase.

[TygrBright]

10. You GO, girl! Yay, Miss Ambrosia!! n/t

[uhnope]

33. +1

[longship]

11. She should say to Moore...

"When I smack the shit out of you, you'll stay smacked."

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Here is the most fantastic thing about the Ala. mess:

Governor Robert Bentley is facing impeachment after being caught on tape discussing his sexual encounters with a former aide inside the governor’s office.

House Speaker Mike Hubbard is preparing to go to trial on felony charges that he used his office for personal gain.

And Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended and facing possible removal from office after directing state probate judges to not to issue same-sex marriage licenses.

Soooooooooooo

Mr. Bentley could appoint Mr. Moore’s successor, if he is not impeached first.

Mr. Moore could oversee Mr. Bentley’s impeachment, unless he is defenestrated, in which case the governor’s appointee might preside.

Mr. Hubbard would refer the impeachment to the Senate, depending on the verdict of his own trial, which may feature testimony from Mr. Bentley.

[MrScorpio]

16. Considering this and everything else...

It's no surprise why my great grandparents fled Alabama ninety years ago.

[Judi Lynn]

21. It's a great place to see in the rear view mirror. n/t

[ReRe]

37. As for travel...

... gas up before you go into Ala, and grab some eats so you won't have to stop. Drink very little so you won't have to go to the bathroom before you get to the other end/side of the state.

[ensemble]

17. Personally, I think the charges against Bentley are BS...

He keeps fighting the legislature about funding the budget fully, and they are looking for a reason to get rid of him.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. The facts about his adultery are known and even he has admitted to them

plus the charges against his illegal use of state funds are documented

So exactly which charges other than the above do you think are bs???

[trof]

25. Yep, and his wife divorced him in Jan.

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. AND it was HER phone recording that gave us those delightful tapes that did him in.

Quite clever of her.

Hell hath no fury...........

[Akicita]

29. He didn't marry Linda Tripp did he?

[Pastiche423]

20. And yet...

Don Siegelman, who is innocent, has been in prison since September 2012.

[sarcasmo]

19. Kick 4 Ambrosia Starling

[mnhtnbb]

22. Moore's attorney--Mat Staver--is none other than the a$$hole who represented Kim Davis

and it's his Liberty Counsel organization that has been behind all of the anti-LGBT legislation recently.
His wife is the one who has said she'll carry her "Glock" into Target--in defiance of their anti-gun laws--
in order to "protect herself in the bathroom" because Target announced that customers were welcome
to use bathrooms according to gender identity.

These Bible thumping, gun waving bigots show up everywhere.

[valerief]

23. Starling is darling!

[Initech]

26. Oh man pass the butter please! Can't wait to see this ass go down in flames!

[maindawg]

28. Alabama

When will you decide to join the civilized world ? Stubborn defiance is ignorance. Very sad that an entire state has been held hostage by ignorance for so long.