福克斯新闻 阿拉巴马州大法官被停职（在线收听）

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended for the rest of his term, effectively removing the state’s highest-elected judge from the bench.

阿拉巴马州首席法官罗伊·摩尔(Roy Moore)剩余任期被停职，该州最高级法官被撤职。

A state disciplinary court ordered the suspension because Moore encouraged lower court judges to deny marriage licenses to same sex couples, six months after the Supreme Court overturned gay marriage bans nationwide.

州纪律法庭下令其停职是因为摩尔鼓励较低级法院法官拒绝向同性情侣发放结婚证书。而早在六个月前，最高法院已在全国范围内推翻了同性婚姻禁令。

Moore argued his administrative order was not defiance.

摩尔辩称他的行政命令并不是挑衅。

The same panel removed Moore from office in 2003 for refusing the remove the Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building. Moore was later re-elected.

早在2003年，摩尔拒绝从州法院大厦移走十诫碑牌，同样是这个纪律审查委员会就曾解除过摩尔的职位。后来摩尔再次当选。

Jared Halpern, FOX News.

Jared Halpern，福克斯新闻。