Contrary to Moore’s denial, however, he has extensive ties to people who have been involved with neo-Confederate groups. Like Moore, his controversial associates have also claimed they are not racist. Beyond the racial views they conceal in public, one thing Moore and his allies have in common is their shared view that Christians should have more rights than non-Christians and that America should be ordered in accordance with their understanding of Biblical law.
Moore’s connection to the Christian supremacist universe has primarily come through the Foundation for Moral Law, a nonprofit organization he established in 2003. That was shortly after he was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court for failing to abide by a federal judge’s directive to remove a large Ten Commandments memorial from the state court’s grounds.
The foundation has become notorious in recent months for its duplicitous accounting (including off-the-books payments to Moore under the stewardship of his wife, Kayla, who is its president) and its willingness to receive a donation from avowed neo-Nazi Willis Carto. It also has long employed John Eidsmoe, a radical Christian attorney who has written extensively about how Biblical law as described in the Old Testament should supersede the American legal system.
Eidsmoe, who was the law school mentor of former Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has also spoken at a “Secession Day” event and addressed a segregationist group called the Council of Conservative Citizens. Like Moore, Eidsmoe says he is not a racist. He has defended speaking to controversial groups by claiming he will speak “to anyone.”
There's more, of course - with Crazy Roy, there always is - but if the stuff I just quoted above doesn't creep you out you're probably reading the wrong blog - or just living in the wrong country. And the South Africa that existed during Apartheid is mercifully gone.
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