The Chief Justice of Alabama’s supreme court has been suspended for his stance on same-sex marriage. “An Alabama judicial oversight body on Friday filed a formal complaint against Roy S. Moore, the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court, charging that he had “flagrantly disregarded and abused his authority” in ordering the state’s probate judges to refuse applications for marriage licenses by same-sex couples.” The State Supreme Court Justice is facing a hearing before Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary which is “a panel of judges, lawyers and other appointees.” One possible outcome of the hearing could be his removal from office. Moore was in the news last spring when he ordered probate judges to disobey the law by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
See Campbell Robertson, Roy Moore, Alabama Judge, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Stance, The New York Times, May 6, 2016.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
