Alabama Chief Justice: Father-Daughter Marriages May Follow Same-Sex Ruling

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore discusses his opposition to gay marriage on a "Good Morning America" segment broadcast Feb. 10, 2015.
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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he’s fighting gay marriage because he worries it would pave the way to “marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons.”

On Sunday, Moore ordered state probate judges to refuse to marry same-sex couples, defying a federal ruling that brought gay marriage to the state Monday.

ABC News correspondent Steve Osunsami asked Moore in a “Good Morning America” segment broadcast Tuesday whether he feared that his opposition to gay marriage would put him on “the wrong side of history.”

“Absolutely not,” Moore responded. “Do they stop with one man and one man or one woman and one woman? Or do they go to multiple marriages? Or do they go to marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons?”

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  1. What they most FEAR is secretly what they most DESIRE.
    I think his daughter should be more careful around dear old dad.

  2. What about marriages between fathers and sons, or mothers and daughters?

    Cause that would really get these folks in a tizzy.

  3. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    I’m sorry, but I thought that was already legal (or at least socially acceptable and expected) in Alabama.

  4. Was just thinking the same thing. Why do these people always go to incest and bestiality as the next logical step? Really gives you a window into their minds, which is apparently a disturbing place.

  5. I just HAVE to be the one to say it first:

    “DOGS AND CATS, LIVING TOGETHER!”

    Is it just me, or is the RW Republican Teabagger Nutjob Brigade beginning to resemble a really funny episode of “South Park”? Oh, I can’t wait until the Republican Presidential primary debates so I can see candidates talking about father-daughter marriages. I really want to see these mofos stitch that onto their battle flags. Marcus Bachmann can be their new Betsy Ross.

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