Vance ad says Parker will be 'another Roy Moore'
MONTGOMERY — Alabama chief justice candidate Judge Bob Vance has launched an ad saying Justice Tom Parker will be "another Roy Moore" if elected to head the state court system.
The ad centers on Parker's longtime association with Moore and asserts Parker will cause the "same chaos and controversy" as Moore if elected to head the state judicial system. A discipline panel twice stripped Moore of chief justice duties for misconduct after finding that he directly defied, or encouraged defiance of, federal court orders regarding same-sex marriage and the public display of the Ten Commandments.
The ad has a quote of Parker saying how he would "relish" being compared to Moore and notes the two ruled similarly in the so-called birther case that questioned Barack Obama's citizenship.
"Voters in Alabama need to thoroughly know and recognize the choices they have in this race for chief justice. And certainly the background, the philosophy of each of the candidates, my opponent and myself, are something that the voters should look at in making an informed decision on Nov. 6," Vance said Thursday.
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