Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated on the show he was a proponent of the ā€œSeven Mountains Mandate,ā€ an explicitly theocratic doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.

Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker, who wrote the concurring opinion in last weekā€™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 ā€œprophetā€ and QAnon conspiracy theorist.

Parker was the featured guest on ā€œSomeone You Should Know,ā€ 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.

ā€œGod created government,ā€ he told Enlow, adding that itā€™s ā€œheartbreakingā€ that ā€œwe have let it go into the possession of others.ā€

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    9 months ago

    Theyā€™d have to be fertilized embryos, not just eggs, so not quite. But pretty damn close.

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      Maybe Iā€™m ignorant of how IVF works, but I thought as soon as the embryo was made it had to be implanted. The freezer is just for the eggs.

      I could be wrong, Iā€™ve been fortunate enough not to have to deal with IVF.

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        IVF has a lot of frozen embryos that donā€™t get used. Fertilized. They get extra because it can be tricky for it to take, so it often takes several tries

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          Fascinating.

          I thought it would be quite risky to freeze an embryo, as they start dividing extremely rapidly once fertilization takes place.

          Man, science is so cool.