Following the Charleston church shooting in June 2015 , Zeigler advocated that parishioners take their guns to church . Zeigler gave a speech to the League of the South , termed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center , in September 2015 . In March 2016 , Zeigler filed an ethics complaint against Robert J. Bentley , the Governor of Alabama , for allegedly using state funds in an extramarital affair . On March 2 , 2017 , Zeigler became embroiled in nationwide controversy and condemnation when he posted a picture on Twitter comparing Congresswomen dressed in white to the Ku Klux Klan . Zeigler defended his post , saying that when the Congresswomen wore white as a symbol of Women 's Suffrage at a speech by President Trump , " when they did that , they opened themselves up to criticisms and questions about that . " In November 2017 , following the allegations of child molestation made against Republican Roy Moore , Zeigler was quoted as saying : " Even if you accept the Washington Post 's report as being completely true , it 's much ado about very little . " Zeigler argued that relationships between grown men and teenage girls were acceptable because " take Joseph and Mary . Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter . They became parents of Jesus . " Multiple Biblical scholars disputed his defense , noting that the exact ages of Joseph and Mary at the time they were betrothed or married remain uncertain , as they are not included in the Bible . In addition , Jesuit priest Jim Martin tweeted that " ... comparing the allegations against Roy Moore in any way to Joseph and Mary is disgusting . " Zeigler is married to Jackie Zeigler , a member of the Alabama State Board of Education , and has two children
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