Dozens of religious leaders in Alabama signed a letter calling Judge Roy Moore unfit to hold office, claiming the Republican candidate has caused “harm to our Christian witness.”
“We clergy write and sign this letter not as representatives of our own congregations but as individual faith leaders compelled by conscience to speak,” the pastors wrote. “Our intent is not to tell anyone how to vote, but to urge the people of Alabama to vote their conscience, regardless of political affiliation.”
The pastors, who span a wide array of denominations and hail from all across Alabama, cite his “extremist beliefs,” behavior, and recent allegations as the reason why “no person of faith can, in good conscience, support him or his religious nationalism.”
The leaders assert that Moore does not speak for Christianity and go on further to call him “contrary” to the faith for his stances on healthcare and religious freedom, among other reasons.
Moore, who is running for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, is facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations involving teenagers while he was in his 30s. Moore has so far maintained that he committed no wrongdoing.
Recently, Moore’s wife, Kayla Moore, posted a letter signed by 53 pastors urging Alabama voters to support her husband. However, three of those pastors later said they did not grant permission for their names to be used in that letter.
