Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated on the show he was a proponent of the “Seven Mountains Mandate,” an explicitly theocratic doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.

Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker, who wrote the concurring opinion in last week’s explosive Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos have the same rights as living children, recently appeared on a show hosted by self-anointed “prophet” and QAnon conspiracy theorist.

Parker was the featured guest on “Someone You Should Know,” hosted by Johnny Enlow, a Christian nationalist influencer and devoted supporter of former President Donald Trump. Over the course of an 11-minute interview, Parker articulated a theocratic worldview at odds with a functioning, pluralistic society.

“God created government,” he told Enlow, adding that it’s “heartbreaking” that “we have let it go into the possession of others.”

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    4 months ago

    Oh absolutely, there is no expectation at all that you should have to stay and fix the place. It’s admirable of those who want to try, but I’m a firm proponent of saving your own ass first. If you’re LGBT in a red state, I’d honestly prefer you get the hell out of dodge than stay and try to fix it.

    I grew up in Missouri and I lived in Houston for a couple years. I feel no obligation to fix Texas. I don’t feel obligated to fix Missouri, although I want to. If laws come out targeting me and my loved ones though, then I’m heading out.

    I greatly respect martyrs because I don’t think anyone should ever try to be one. I care way too much about saving my skin, selfish as it sounds.