A bevy of speakers who support Roy Moore – few of them actual Alabama voters, however – stood at the podium for a press conference hosted by Faith2Action, and the overwhelming sentiment from the speakers seemed to center on Moore’s stance against abortion and against LGBT rights. Terms such as “homosexualist gay terrorism” and “LGBT mafia” were used to describe Moore’s opponents, as other speakers preceded Moore’s brief speech.

Moore has been accused by eight women of sexual misconduct, ranging from harassment to sexual assault. Moore said in response to those calling for him to step down from the Alabama race, “I’ll tell you who needs to step down, that’s Mitch McConnell.”

Moore added, “There’s been comments about me taking a stand,” said Moore, adding, “I’ll quit standing when they lay me on that box and put me in the ground.”
However, Moore has refused to debate Jones throughout the race, and has often walked away from reporters who have asked him questions on issues. When Moore opened the floor to questions in the presser, he refused to answer any questions about the allegations of sexual misconduct. Two reporters asked questions related to the allegations, so Moore left the podium and walked off the stage.

Several speakers, including Faith2Action president Janet Porter, did address that all of the accusations of sexual misconduct are untrue and reiterated Moore’s statements that the accusations are a politically-motivated attack. Porter went on to say that Moore’s opponent, Democrat Doug Jones, is pro-abortion, while Porter described in detail what is involved in a late-term abortion – stabbing a baby in the back of the neck and “sucking out its brain” – and said Jones supports late-term abortions.

Jones, thus far in his campaign, has not claimed support of changing laws that ban late-term abortions. And in a recent interview with Alabama Media Group said, “…the law for decades has been that late-term procedures are generally restricted except in the case of medical necessity. That’s what I support. I don’t see any changes in that. It is a personal decision.”

Andy Schlafly – son of late activist Phyllis Schlafly – said his mother supported Moore, and he also supports him based mainly on his anti-abortion stance, even saying that “the closer we come to overturning Roe v. Wade, the more opposition we face.”

Another speaker, Joel Brind, a professor at Baruch College in New York – who Porter first said was “from the Garden State” – said Democrats support child predators because often a young woman gets an abortion because she was impregnated by a child predator. “When a 13-year-old girl goes to Planned Parenthood, who do you think made her go there? What do you think she needs an abortion for, if not to destroy the evidence of child predator attacks.”

Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter praised Moore’s opposition to LGBT rights, and said we need Moore in the Senate to face off against “gay terrorists.” He said Moore has inspired many people because he “fights for God’s law.”

Porter ended the press conference by saying the presser was “Probably more church than any of you have gotten in the last 10 years.”