That’s the one.

They’re also the ones who do those creepy father/daughter dances where the girls pledge their virginity to their fathers.

Cadaver Trials weren’t uncommon in the Middle Ages. Another corpse the Catholic Church dug up, desecrated and posthumously excommunicated for the terrible crime of translating the Bible into English so ordinary people could read it was John Wycliffe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#Declared_a_heretic

I went to your twitter feed — this must be what you were referring to http://www.rightwingwatch.org/report/roy-moore-a-history-of-bigotry-extremism-and-contempt-for-the-rule-of-law/. Super! Every day, I learn something new about him and the world of what I call ‘deep-end’ evangelical/fundamentalist belief. In just the past two days, I’ve come across two enlightening items relating to what might be called a cult of aggressive masculinity of among evangelicals and a vocal celebration of testosterone, along with a valorization of relations between older men and young girls. Well, it sure is in the biblical spirit, so now we know when Roy Moore preaches his crusade and cries that we must return to the bible.

I agree with HH’s comment and would like to add that Edward Kennedy’s crime and subsequent craven behavior are thoroughly condemnable. He at least came to accept and declare his responsibility and I think felt true remorse. Being the cause of someone’s death in that way, and trying to evade blame, is something he had to live with for the rest of his life. Roy Moore, on the other hand, denies all accusations. His soul is pure as the driven snow.

And, no, Kennedy didn’t go to prison, but I consider that his subsequent work in congress (which you would also surely condemn) as a way that he tried to atone for what was unquestionably a monstrous act (including its aftermath). Your obsession with political tit-for-tat makes me wonder if you’d like to hold a Cadaver Synod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod for Ted Kennedy? We could exhume his corpse, cart it up to Capitol Hill and have at him.

Some Democrats are now saying Clinton should have resigned.

This is not partisan issue j.a.m. Sexual abuse is wrong whoever the perpetrators are. Your reaction above shows that you, like Moore’s supporters, care more about politics than the women concerned.

That’s a good article! I tweeted another one from Right Wing Watch yesterday (I’m on the wrong device to link to it). They’ve done a full analysis of him that brings together all their previous articles.

I’ll believe Democrats and liberals are serious about sexual harrassment and abuse when they apologize to the world for not censuring Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy and expelling him from the Senate. They can warm up with an apology for failing to convict William Jefferson Clinton of the crimes of perjury and obstruction that he perpetrated in order to cover up his own abusive (if not criminal) misconduct.

For what it’s worth, Roy Moore was a Democrat at the time of the alleged misconduct, so if there is guilt by association related to his actions decades ago, it is with the party of Kennedy, Clinton, Biden, Franken et al.

I laugh sardonically that they would cite Augustine. The fundamentalists used to consider the Catholic Church to be the Whore of Babylon. They didn’t think much of the Jews, either, but what the hey. I just found another fascinating and pertinent evaluation of Roy Moore, by Randall Balmer, John Phillips Professor in Religion and director of the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College, titled”I know Roy Moore. He’s always been a con artist.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/roy-moore-is-a-fraud/2017/11/17/45c0edfe-caf9-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html

It makes me smh when they say things like, “It looks hypocrisy.” It effing looks like hypocrisy because it is hypocrisy!!!

I feel pretty much the same. His apology was good, and if it turns out to be the only bad thing he’s done I can live with him not resigning.