You really are taking this one to heart. What Moore was doing was morally reprehensible. I wonder about the home life of the teens he targeted, was he preying on vulnerable young girls? He stated he never dated any girl without the permission of their mother, but what about their fathers? Was he targeting teen girls from broken homes? And let’s not even explore that this guy is a religious zealot and what his mind State was for targeting these girls. Moore’s a sick puppy. Deal with it.
It appears that Moore is strongly disputing the allegations. He has hired investigators in the state and promises to reveal more information this week. The allegations, if true, disqualify him from office IMO -- but I am willing to wait a little time in this frenzy to see if the allegations are upheld or dis-proven.
Alabama Evangelicals More Likely to Support Roy Moore After Sexual Assault Allegations, Poll Shows Talk about loving the sinner! Nearly 40 percent of Evangelical Christians in Alabama say they're now more likely to vote for Roy Moore after multiple allegations that he molested children, even as voters across the historically red state now seem to be punishing Moore for his past actions, a new poll shows. A plurality of evangelicals — 37 percent — described themselves as more likely to support Moore because of recent sexual assault allegations levied against him, while only 28 percent were less likely to do so. Thirty-four percent of the supposedly devout Christians said that the allegations reported last week in the Washington Post made no difference in their support for Moore. The same poll, conducted in the wake of the Post report that he sexually molested four teenage girls in the early 1980s, also shows that Moore’s challenger, Democrat Doug Jones, leading the race for the first time, with 46 percent of respondents supporting him if the election were to happen today. Moore would get only 42 percent. It is unclear if respondents to the JMC Analytics were also aware that Moore was known to date high school-aged women even when he was in his 30s. Moore has long been a favorite of the evangelical community. He was twice removed from his post as Alabama’s chief justice, once for refusing to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the state judicial building, and later for ordering his probate judges to ignore the Supreme Court’s decision that legalized gay marriage. In light of the recent allegations, evangelicals are choosing resentment politics over Biblical verses, critics say. If so, their voting would follow last year’s presidential election, when 80 percent of evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, who had also been accused of sexual assault and misconduct, exit polls show. "It comes down to a question of who is more credible in the eyes of the voters — the candidate or the accuser, and I believe the judge is telling the truth,” Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, told Religion News Service. Yet some religious experts believe that Moore’s support, while still strong, will ultimately decline. “Evangelicals are steadily losing their moral authority in the larger public square by intensifying their uncritical loyalty to Donald Trump," Rev. Robert Franklin, a professor at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, told ABC News. "Since this is Roy Moore and not Donald Trump, I think there may be significant disaffection with him, and increased demands for his removal from the ballot." Moore had an eight- to 11-point lead over Jones before the child molestation charges were reported.
If true. If he actually did have any type of relationship with a 14 year old then he is out. More than that his ass should be in a jail cell. IF. Given the current state of our politics and the win at any cost mentality, if isn't enough.
Morally reprehensible among politicians is par for the course, and the left is in no position to claim any moral high ground.
This is why these things need to be taken one at a time and judged on their own merits. In this case, Judge Moore is a creepy child molester based on all accounts. Letting this guy go through justifies this type of behavior for other people. We cannot allow this. As I already stated this issue is a case study of how low the GOP will go. Trump set the mark but this would be a whole new low. You rightbwingers individually, and as a whole, need to do some real soul searching. In my opinion, the governor of Alabama should just cancel the election. There shouldn’t even be a chance this guy can represent any state on any level.
. Soul searching? There was no sex or actual intercourse, not even a mention of a cigar moment. But wait, slipping a roofie and sodomizing an unconscious 14yr old girl is ok if you happen to be an artist of that epoch. You can even get nominated for Oscars!
Maybe Moore is playing this all wrong. Maybe he should just come out and announce that he porked her up the arse so that he can go full-lib and get the dem votes. Yeh, I am seeing the standing ovation now- just like the one they gave Roman Pervertski.
A potential United States Senator should be judged within their own context. In this case Judge Moore was targeting teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Moore needs to be judged on his character and his actions. As I said, the governor should just cancel this election imo. We cannot allow someone like that to assume such a high office over the people.