So Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom

By Roy Moore

In his first overseas trip as president, Barack Obama assured other nations that America is not a Christian nation. Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore begs to differ. Moore, who rose to national prominence when he disobeyed the order of a federal judge to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from his courthouse, makes the compelling case that the state must acknowledge the moral principles on which America was founded and that it is not illegal to do so. While the separation of church and state may be a credible and legitimate tenet, it has been misconstrued and abused during the last 40 years. Moore swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States. His critics, both within conservative circles and without, have maintained that he violated the law by disobeying. But Moore argues that those who ordered him to violate his oath in fact broke the law. So Help Me God articulates why Moore believes elected and appointed government officials have the right and the obligation to acknowledge God as the foundation of American government.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WND Books
• Release date: Jun 2, 2009
• ISBN: 9781935071761

Roy Moore

Judge Roy Moore became a judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama in 1992 and served until his election as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000. In 2003, Chief Justice Moore was removed from office for standing up for the inalienable right to acknowledge God. Today, he serves as chairman of the Foundation for Moral Law.

Reviews for So Help Me God

[ecw0647 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The judge fails to realize that by creating an alliance with government he is actually reducing religious freedom rather than enhancing it. What he, and others of the same persuasion want, is really to force his particular brand of religion on everyone. The danger is that political promotion of any religion will also trivialize it. His point of view is very dangerous for religious beliefs. I recommend the book not for his view but as a revelation of the ignorance and callous disregard for true religious beliefs his book promotes.

[djsparks_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Judge Moore is a model of true statesmanship and an unashamed Christian. May we all follow his example of acknowledging the authority of God no matter who tells us that we can?t. May we always seek to choose as our governors those who acknowledge that God is supreme and that they owe their first allegiance to him.