Roy Moore: Tossing Out All Constitutional Amendments After Original 10 ‘Would Eliminate Many Problems’

Amendments Ended Slavery, Allow Blacks, Women Right to Vote, Gays to Marry, and Ironically, Direct Election of Senators

In a series of interviews with conspiracy theory peddling radio hosts Roy Moore in 2011 said he wants to toss out all Constitutional Amendments after the original 10 that comprise the Bill of Rights. Among those he wants to void, according to a CNN report Sunday night, are the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1865, the 15th Amendment of 1870 which ensures Black people’s right to vote, and the 19th Amendment of 1920 which grants women the right to vote.

In June of 2011 Moore, now credibly accused of child molestation, sexual assault, and inappropriate behavior with teen girls by nine women, appeared on theÂ “Aroostook Watchmen” show, hosted by Jack McCarthy and Steve Martin of Maine. They advance fringe, false conspiracy theories similar to those Alex Jones promotes, including birtherismÂ â€“ that former President Barack Obama was not born in America â€“Â that 9/11 was an inside job, that the Boston Marathon terrorist bombing and the Sandy Hook, Connecticut shooting that left 20 first grade students and six school officials dead, were “false flag” operations conducted by the U.S. government.

“In Moore’s June appearance, one of the hosts says he would like to see an amendment that would void all the amendments after the Tenth,” CNN reports.

“That would eliminate many problems,” Moore told the hosts. “You know people don’t understand how some of these amendments have completely tried to wreck the form of government that our forefathers intended.”

Moore cited the 17th Amendment, which calls for the direct election of senators by voters rather than state legislatures, as one he particularly found troublesome.

The host agreed with Moore, before turning his attention to the 14th Amendment, which was passed during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War and guaranteed citizenship and equal rights and protection to former slaves and has been used in landmark Supreme Court cases such asÂ Brown v. Board of EducationÂ and Obergefell v. Hodges.

Obergefell v. Hodges is the 2015 Supreme Court case that found same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry.Â Brown v. Board of Education established that “separate but equal” is unconstitutional.

Moore appears to be stating that slavery, Blacks and women voting, and gay people marrying is not “the form of government that our forefathers intended,” and thus should be eliminated.

His remarks since that radio show are consistent with those he made in 2011.Â

In September Moore said America hasn’t been great since the days of slavery.

Moore has a lengthy history of opposing civil rights for LGBT people.

PresidentÂ Donald Trump has fully embraced and endorsed Roy Moore.