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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, known for fighting the removal of the Ten Commandments from the state judicial building, has sent letters to 50 governors asking them to pressure state lawmakers to call for a convention to amend the constitution to recognize unions between one man and one woman. In an interview Moore said some judges have found new rights for gay unions that didn’t exist before and the only way to stop them is with a state-initiated constitutional amendment.

“The moral foundation of our country is under attack,” he said. “Government has become oppressive, and judges are warping the law.” And in a 2012 campaign speech, Moore said, “Same sex marriage will be the ultimate destruction of our country because it destroys the very foundation upon which this nation is based.”

One openly gay lawmaker in Alabama, Rep. Patricia Todd, a Democrat who recently married her longtime lesbian partner doubted the amendment idea would gain ground. “He’s fighting a losing battle, and he probably knows that,” she said. Adding, “Get over it, buddy.”

James Esseks, director of the ACLU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Project said the 17 states that allow gay marriage aren’t likely to reverse their positions and call for a constitutional amendment.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said he has no problem with what Moore is proposing, but he prefers leaving the issue to the people of each state.

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Carrie Stone