In the past, Moore has said that when he hung a rosewood plaque of the Ten Commandments above his bench in Gadsden, Alabama, 11 years ago, he was not looking for a crusade, but a decoration.
Observers say Moore's genius is the way he framed the issue.
"He made it sound like he stood for God, and everybody who opposed him was against God," said the historian Shelby Foote. "For a lot of people with simple minds, that makes perfect sense. And once he started grabbing headlines, he just didn't want to let go."
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