Tom Parker is an interesting bird.
According to the
Southern Poverty Law Center, he's a protégé of the infamous ex-Chief Justice Roy Moore, with ties to the Religious Right AND to Neo-Confederates.
Then there was the child custody case
where he saidQuote:
"I. Courts must recognize that the state is but one of several spheres of government, each with its distinct jurisdiction and limited authority granted by God"
Quote:
“Webster’s definitions demonstrate that our Founders thought in terms of a plurality of governments — including individual government and the covenantal governments of the family, the state, and the church — and not of state government alone "
Quote:
“Having acknowledged the historic meaning of government generally as well as having recognized the existence of the four particular government spheres, we should next consider how these governments relate to each other. Perhaps their most fundamental connection is that they all possess grants of specific and limited jurisdiction from the ultimate source of all legitimate authority, God (see Romans 13:1-2 (“there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God”)), who as the Supreme Judge of the World is the final authority over all disputes among men as well as among all governments of men (see Declaration of Independence.) "
Quote:
“Similarly, the courts’ recognition of ‘religious rights’ includes deference to the decisions of ecclesiastical authorities. This sphere of church government has been symbolized by the keys of the kingdom. (see Matthew 16:19: ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.’).) State government also has its distinct sphere of authority or governing rights and ancient symbol, the sword of justice (see Romans 13:4: ‘[The ruler] is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain….’) "
Tom
Parker has also been under investigation for
Judicial Misconduct. Oh, and he compared the judge that overturned "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
to terroristsQuote:
"Recently, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ordered a worldwide injunction to overturn the Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell policy on homosexuals serving in the military. With a stroke of a pen, this Clinton appointed judge—who got her law degree at Berkeley—unilaterally made the biggest single change in military policy in American history. . . . Most people believe that Al-Qaeda is one of America’s biggest security threats, I think it’s time to add liberal activist judges like Judge Phillips to that list."