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The 澳彩开奖 today filed a judicial ethics complaint alleging that Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker improperly commented on pending cases, disrespected the dignity of the judiciary and undermined public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary.

The complaint cites comments made by Parker during an Oct. 6 radio show, 鈥淔ocal Point,鈥� hosted by Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association. Fischer has used his radio show to promote outrageous, denigrating claims about LGBT people, Muslims, Native Americans and African Americans.

In the interview, Parker not only discussed a marriage equality case pending before the Alabama Supreme Court 鈥� Ex parte State v. King 鈥� he voiced his personal opinion about the case and suggested that Alabama should defy the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in order to lead to a 鈥渞evival of what we need in this country.鈥�

The complaint was filed with the Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama, which could recommend that Parker face charges in the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.聽

鈥淭om Parker has a choice: He can be a judge or he can be an advocate, but he can鈥檛 be both,鈥� said 澳彩开奖 President Richard Cohen. 鈥淗is comments were clearly unethical and driven by his ideological agenda, not his judicial responsibility.鈥�

The state鈥檚 Canon of Judicial Ethics bars judges from publicly commenting about pending or impending proceedings in any court.

鈥淲ith Justice Parker running around on the radio discussing his personal opinions of pending cases, challenging the federal judiciary process, and calling for a 鈥榬evival鈥� to stand up and defy the U.S. Supreme Court, it鈥檚 clear that he鈥檚 gone off the rails,鈥� Cohen said.聽

鈥淔ocal Point鈥� host Bryan Fischer has for years demonized LGBT people, Muslims, Native Americans and African Americans. He has blamed gay men for the Holocaust, saying, 鈥淗omosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews.鈥� He has called for banning Muslim immigration to the U.S., and has said the U.S. should 鈥渟top the practice of allowing Muslims to serve in the U.S. military.鈥� In addition, he has said that African Americans 鈥渞ut like rabbits.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 incredible that Tom Parker, a supreme court justice, would lend legitimacy to a bigot like Bryan Fischer by appearing on his show,鈥� Cohen said.

The 澳彩开奖 also has filed an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for violating judicial canons. That complaint is still pending.

Moore also urged defiance of the same-sex marriage decision and has violated ethics through his continuing association with the Foundation for Moral Law. He is listed as president emeritus of the legal services organization, and his wife, Kayla Moore, serves as president. The organization is involved in litigation opposing same-sex marriage.

Parker is a former aide to Moore and once worked at the Foundation for Moral Law.