Judge Pryor Discusses Religion and Public Life

Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., who sits on the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals spoke at the University of Alabama Friday as part of a Symposium on the Role of Religion in Public Life. The Crimson White today reports that Pryor said his faith gives him a moral duty to obey the law because he swore an oath to protect the Constitution. He also said he considers his job "a form of prayer" that "honors the Creator's gifts". In the Q&A, Pryor said that if a judge's religious convictions come into conflict with the law, the judge should recuse himself from the case.