POLITICS: “Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was ousted from his position last year after leading a judicial revolt against same-sex marriage, announced plans Wednesday [4-26-17] to run for U.S. Senate.
‘My position has always been God first, family, then country,’ Moore said in a short news conference outside the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. ‘I know I share the vision of our President Donald Trump to make America great again…. Before we can make America great again, we’ve got to make America good again.’
The conservative 70-year-old Baptist, dubbed the ‘Ayatollah of Alabama’ by the Southern Poverty Law Center, announced he will join the crowded Republican field for the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions.”
-Jenny Jarvie, “Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is running for Senate to ‘make America good again’,” The Los Angeles Times online, April 26, 2017