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Thank you, Judge Reed. Your comments and interpretation of your role in the system are a breath of fresh air. Alabama would do better to have (many) others such as yourself.
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Many people from more advanced states think everybody in Alabama is a religious bigot, a racist bigot, an ignorant bigot, or all three combined.
This young man reminds us that many, many people in Alabama, some of them in public office, loathe everything Roy Moore and his ilk represent. We can only wish Alabama (and many other states) had public officials like this man!
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Reed takes the right tack: Just ignore the blowhard and DARE him to do anything about it.
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Good for him. He is exemplar of what a real judge represents.
Justice may be blind, but she isn’t stupid.
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Shouldn’t Reed have said the “correct” or “proper” side of history?
Judge Moore is clearly the “right” side of history, and the right is almost always wrong.
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Interesting that Alabama elects its’ judges. I was schooled in the south and very plainly remember my civics teacher saying that an elected judge is unlikely to be able to dispense equal justice for all, since the judge has to curry favor in order to be elected in the first place.
I’ve watched the career of Judge Moore for many years. He has been a prime example of my teachers’ lecture all those years ago.
So now we come to Judge Reed. His election must be a reflection on the people who voted for him. So, maybe it can work both ways. If the electorate is sufficiently schooled in Civics.
If I were an Alabama resident, I’d be very pleased to address him as Judge Reed.
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Spoken like a true Morehouse man, Judge Reed. At least they teach the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution there 
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Good for him. I just hope there’s some federal marshals guarding his house for a while. I wouldn’t put it past those hillbillies to go after this guy.
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We elect judges in Michigan, even to our Supreme Court. So it’s not just an Alabama thing. A lot of states that do that.
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The Religious Right has never been religious nor have they ever been right!
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“We’re a nation of laws, not of men, and so we are sworn to uphold an oath in the probate court and that’s what we do, we uphold the oath as it relates to the state constitution and the U.S. constitution,” he said. “And so we understand that we can’t bring politics and personal feelings into decisions that we make day-to-day.”
Wow.
Very well stated, Judge Reed.
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Judge Reed, you are the man!
Thank you for upholding the law.
People must understand that it has ALWAYS been UNLAWFUL to DENY SAME SEX MARRIAGES!
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I’m on the left side of history myself…
But I’m glad someone in Alabama is telling Moore off.
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That he is…Judge Reed is the example of a jurist who knows the people and the Law.
Hats off to him!
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In other news, absolutely no straight marriage in Alabama was affected.
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Never is, imagine that!
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Right side of history.
Hear that “conservative” bigots, misogynists, and racists?
The right side. The correct side. Not your side.
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How refreshing, An official who actually understands how the judicial system is supposed to work. And in Alabama of all places. Congratulations to the people of Montgomery County who elected him. I imagine that his respect for the law is because he’s not a lawyer. He has a BA from Morehouse College and an MBA from Vanderbilt. However, a county probate judge in Alabama would seem to fulfill the same function as a county clerk or county recorder in other states (these are also usually elected offices). None of this detracts from the correctness of his position obviously.
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Good to see Alabama judges saying true things