HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore called the Huntsville City Council's practice of allowing Wiccans and atheists to open its meetings "foolish" in a Saturday speech here.

"We're having prayers (by) atheists? We're having Wiccans say prayers? How foolish can we be?" Moore asked the Madison County Republican Men's Club.

Moore linked the Huntsville council's practice of allowing non-traditional moments of reflection before its meetings to other attempts to "change what doesn't need to be changed" in American society. Those include acceptance of gay marriage, gender change, change in the military and change in the celebration of Christmas.

"I'll say this in Huntsville because I think it needs to be said in Huntsville," Moore said. "There is one God and it's the God on which this nation was founded. And it's the God of the Scriptures. I don't need applause for that. It's a truth in history and it's a truth in law. And we're trying to change that."

Moore said one thing in Alabama does need to change - the prison system. "Unfortunately, the federal government will be called on by some to take care of the state's business unless we take care of business ourselves," Moore said. "It is a serious problem."

The system, he said, is "close to 200 percent overcrowded" for a simple reason: "locking them up and throwing away the key."

Moore said Alabama has "people serving life without parole that have never confronted a victim." He cited a case where a man walked away from work release on a six-month sentence for charge that could have been a misdemeanor, was charged with felony escape, and "he's in jail for life." That's not "normal," Moore said, if you want your prison system to work.

Moore offered the audience of more than 100 people copies of his $5 pamphlet "One Nation Under God" that includes William Blackstone's commentaries on law, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and George Washington's Farewell Address. Sales were brisk after the breakfast with attendees also lining up to have their photographs taken with the chief justice.