--- title: Roy Moore Likely Still Thinks Homosexuality Should Be Illegal: Spokesman description: Roy Moore "probably" still thinks homosexual conduct should be illegal, the Republican Alabama Senate candidate's campaign spokesman said canonical: https://time.com/5061800/roy-moore-homosexuality-illegal/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-12T22:50:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T23:38:03.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Roy Moore 'Probably' Still Thinks Homosexuality Should Be Illegal, Spokesman Says og:description: "Its just a sin, thats what it is" og:url: https://time.com/5061800/roy-moore-homosexuality-illegal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0502a820c1689c2/6988f46b7cdbac6881d5b32b/roy-moore.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Alabama Special Election candidate Roy Moore og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Roy Moore 'Probably' Still Thinks Homosexuality Should Be Illegal, Spokesman Says twitter:description: "Its just a sin, thats what it is" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0502a820c1689c2/6988f46b7cdbac6881d5b32b/roy-moore.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Roy Moore 'Probably' Still Thinks Homosexuality Should Be Illegal, Spokesman Says > Sponsored content. 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Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore speaks during a campaign event on Dec. 5, 2017 in Fairhope, Alabama.Joe Raedle—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:38 PM UTCPublished: Dec 12, 2017 10:50 PM UTC Roy Moore “probably” still thinks homosexuality should be illegal, the Republican Alabama Senate candidate’s campaign spokesman said Tuesday. “Homosexuality is a sin in the biblical sense, that is where Roy Moore is in the state of Alabama,” Ted Crockett told CNN’s Jake Tapper. When Tapper asked if Moore believed the Christian Bible should determine United States law, Crockett responded that the country was founded on the Old and New Testaments — even though there is a separation of church and state in the country, which Tapper immediately noted. When Tapper pressed again if Moore thought homosexuality should be illegal, Crockett conceded he “probably” did. **MORE:** [Where Roy Moore Stands on Issues like Health Care and Crime](http://time.com/5047932/roy-moore-doug-jones-stance-issues/) “Its just a sin, thats what it is,” he said. “Its what my bible tells me — the Old Testament and the New Testament.” “That’s part of the problem we have in Washington, D.C., today,” Crockett continued. “We have too many people winging it out there. They’re fooling with women they shouldn’t be fooling with, they ought to love their wives. Roy Moore loves his wife.” > [](https://twitter.com/CNN/status/940707557898932230) When asked in a [2005 C-SPAN2 interview with Bill Press,](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4682986/roy-moore-2005-bill-press) Moore said that “homosexual conduct should be illegal.” Alabama voters will decide in [a special election Tuesday](http://time.com/5047566/alabama-special-election-2017-date-candidates-polls/) if Moore or his Democratic opponent Doug Jones will fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacant Senate seat. (Retired marine colonel Lee Busby has also launched a write-in campaign.) 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