Alabama voters have approved two amendments to its constitution, regarding the display of the Ten Commandments on public property and the sanctity of unborn life.
This would mean that the Ten Commandments can be shown on public property as long as it is in a way that “complies with constitutional requirements,” such as being posted alongside historical documents.
Young said he had been fighting for the amendment for 17 years.
“Alabamians will vote, they will reckon on that day with God how they vote on this, that’s how serious this is,” Young said previously, AP reported. “Either we stand for God or we won’t.”
- “Every person shall be at liberty to worship God according to the dictates of his or her own conscience.”
- “No person shall be compelled to attend, or, against his or her consent, to contribute to the erection or support of any place of religious worship, or to pay tithes, taxes, or other rates for the support of any minister of the gospel.”
- “The civil and political rights, privileges, and capacities of no person shall be diminished or enlarged on account of his or her religious belief.”
Moore was the Republican nominee in Nov. 2017 in the Senate special election in Alabama to fill the seat that had been vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but lost to Doug Jones (D). In the same month, nine women accused him of sexual misconduct, allegations that he has denied.
Unborn Babies’ Right to Life
In Alabama, 58.9 percent of voters said, “Yes” on Nov. 6 to Alabama State Abortion Policy Amendment 2. This adds wording to the state’s 1901 constitution to say it that will “recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, including the right to life.”The Roe v. Wade ruling made it legal to have an abortion nationwide by prohibiting states from banning abortions prior to when the fetus is deemed “viable,” that is, potentially able to live outside its mother’s womb.
The amendment will also “ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child in all manners and measures lawful and appropriate.”
Furthermore, it states, “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.”
In West Virginia, 51.7 percent of voters approved to add the same above phrase to its state constitution on Nov. 6.
Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama was the one committee that had registered in support of the amendment in Alabama, and had raised almost $8,000 and spent only $303.45 on its campaign, according to Ballotpedia.