Chief Justice's stance on gay marriage sets state and federal authorities at loggerheads

By Nick O'Malley
Updated February 22 2015 - 2:08pm, first published 12:00am
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward
Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore. Photo: Amanda Soward

On the drive from from Alabama's biggest city, Birmingham, to its capital, Montgomery, you go past a towering flagpole upon which the Confederate battle flag flutters, and a little further along a sign by a dam that admonishes travellers in bold black capitals, "Go To Church".

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