Ethics

Ten Commandments Judge Strikes Again

By Ed Brayton

For those who aren't familiar with him, let me introduce you to Ashley McKathan, circuit judge of Covington County, Alabama. The man makes Roy Moore look sane by comparison. This is a guy who is absolutely obsessed with using his position of authority to push his religion on others. Here's his latest attempt:

Witnesses said the presiding judge, Covington County Circuit Judge M. Ashley McKathan, told some 100 people, including members of the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and other spectators and officials gathered for a conference regarding the church records case, to join hands in a circle as he prayed.

At one point, witnesses said, the judge fell to his knees.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).