We give thanks to the Lord today for Tom Parker who yesterday won the Republican nomination for justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Tom and his dear wife are committed Christians who unflinchingly worked along side Chief Justice Roy Moore as a member of his staff during the entire battle for the Ten Commandments monument and the right of a public official to acknowledge God. I was proud to be the first contributor to his campaign, and plan to continue to support in every way possible, him and all individuals regardless of party, who will not compromise on this foundational issue.

Tom was fired from his job at the Supreme Court by Justice Gorman Houston, who took over for Moore after his ouster. Houston expressed concern over Parkers loyalty to Justice Moore and the cause of the Ten Commandments monument. It appears as if God may be vanquishing the “conquerors” by returning Tom to the very building from which he was relieved of duty, but this time—to sit as an equal on the court with the men and women who have stood against the Lord in the most foundational legal battle of Alabama history—-the right and duty to acknowledge God. What a wonderful and providential turn of events.

Despite the fact that she outspent him 6 to 1, Tom defeated sitting Supreme Court justice Jean Brown, one of the individuals who voted against Chief Justice Moore, and in favor of removing the Ten Commandments monument from the Supreme Court. The defeat of Mrs. Brown is a smashing victory, regardless of what happens in the general election. It is another sign that Alabamans will not tolerate judicial tyranny, and that there still is a Christian witness in the state——Americans who understand that no government official may ever contradict the higher law of God, let alone the Constitution.

Tom’s victory came in the midst of injudicious and inappropriate attacks against him and former Chief Justice Roy Moore which were leveled by other sitting Supreme Court justices intent on doing what they could to block from public office another man who believes in the unqualified right of a public official to acknowledge the God of the Bible in his capacity as a public magistrate.