Moore's record on civil rights

By Howard Koplowitz

... In 2004, Moore opposed proposed Amendment 2 to the Alabama Constitution, which would have stricken language mandating that schools be segregated and makes mention of poll taxes. He argued that the real motivation behind the amendment .. was to increase funding for public schools, and therefore increase taxes ... Moore also pointed out that the U.S. Supreme Court already declared segregation unconstitutional, making the amendment moot ...

The issue came up again in 2011, when the amendment was also defeated, this time by a larger margin. Moore said the amendment was bad for Alabama's image because it reminded voters of the state's past.

"Painting Alabama as still racist is not a good thing for our state," he told the Associated Press ...

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