Ala.'s Ten Commandments judge running for governor

By PHILLIP RAWLS
posted June 2, 2009

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge known for refusing to move a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the state's judicial building is again running for governor, with his message Monday going beyond his longstanding call for the government to acknowledge God.

Ousted Chief Justice Roy Moore's kickoff speech focused on economics, social issues and criticism of the federal government.

"While an ever-increasing national government deficit devalues our dollar and plunges us into a recession, federal power intrudes into private business, undermining our free enterprise system upon which we've always been based," said Moore, who is running as a Republican. the rest