The federal district courts decision was supreme to the Alabama state constitution. Moore is a lawless git, without a real conservative bone in his body.
While I am no fan of mob rule, the Alabama State Constitution and the people (at least 4/5 of those who voted on the issue) said marriage would be defined as between one man and one woman.
One (Federal, District) judge said otherwise.
One of these things is closer to tyranny.
Moore resisted that one. Not just whined in the newspaper and caved, but actively resisted it to the point he lost his job over it. Agree with him or not (and in this, I do agree with him), he is a man who will stand on principle.
I am not surprised that there are those, especially in DC, who will find that unacceptable.