The Baldwin County Young Republicans group is the latest affiliate of the Young Republican Federation of Alabama to splinter away from the state organization's decision to suspend support of Roy Moore's Senate candidacy.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Baldwin group approved a resolution supporting Moore, the Republican who faces Democrat Doug Jones during the Dec. 12 general election.

It was the second such pro-Moore resolution in two days, following that of the Shoals Young Republicans on Sunday. The state organization had adopted a resolution Saturday backing away from Moore. The Greater Birmingham Young Republicans voted Thursday to pull its endorsement of Moore and censure the Senate candidate.

Isaiah Pyritz, chairman of the Baldwin County Young Republicans, said the group is focused on the importance of preserving the GOP's slim 52-48 majority in the U.S. Senate and giving traction to President Donald Trump.

"We believe that in order to move forward, we need to get the president's agenda passed," Pyritz said, adding that Senate faces crucial issues in the coming months on tax reform and the potential to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Without the power to achieve key victories in Congress, he said, the GOP faces a "bloodbath" in the next year's midterms.

"We wouldn't take a stance on this issue if we had a 53-54 Senate seats, but the simple fact of the matter is that we don't have that big of a majority in the Senate as we would like," said Pyrtiz. "If we cannot get a few things passed like we promised ... the American people won't reward a lot of the candidates of the Republican Party in re-election or in elections we need, like in Florida and Missouri."

He added, "This is not about Roy Moore. This is just about preventing the Democrat from getting in there. It's bigger than Roy Moore. It's about the agenda of the president."

The resolution states, among other things, that the Baldwin County Young Republicans can withdraw its support of Moore if allegations of misconduct against the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice "are proven to be true beyond a reasonable doubt, either before or after the election."

Click here to read the resolution: Baldwin Co YR Resolution.docx

The Moore campaign's chairman, in a statement to AL.com, said they are "grateful" for the support the Republican candidate has received from President Donald Trump, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, the state GOP and county organizations.

Bill Armistead, the campaign chairman, said he was also pleased with the Young Republican organizations that approved resolutions backing Moore.

Armistead said it was "disappointing" to see what he described as a "handful of moderate Young Republicans" who "control the Young Republican Federation of Alabama" to desert the party's Senate nominee.

"Frankly, I am not surprised by the small band of Young Republicans who oppose Judge Moore because it is this same group who have gone against the Republican Party platform in the past by taking a more moderate position on social issues like abortion and same sex marriage," Armistead said. "I am confident that conservative Republicans all across the state are going to turn out in large numbers to elect Judge Roy Moore to the U.S. Senate on Dec. 12."

Jackie Curtiss, chairwoman of the state federation, said the organization "has never taken a moderate position" on abortion. She pointed to the federation's platform which she said has been pro-life "for many years."

The Young Republican Federation of Alabama's steering committee's resolution called on Moore to step aside if he cannot "clearly and convincingly refute" allegations raised against him. The allegations of misconduct first surfaced in a Nov. 9 Washington Post story. Moore has vehemently denied the allegations against him.

Pyritz, who is on the state executive committee, said the state federation's decision wasn't made with full support throughout the state. "To simply say we're united behind the decision, that is superbly false," he said.

Aaron Seeley, vice-chairman of the Baldwin County Young Republicans, said his group is "completely unified in our decision."

Curtiss said the state group spent hours hosting phone conversations last week to discuss the matter before voting on the resolution. She said "there was plenty of discussion" and that "everyone had an opportunity to speak" about the ramifications and potential consequences on the resolution.

She said she's not surprised to see some counties defect from the federation's decision.

"I think that is going to happen when you have diverse group like the (Young Republicans)," Curtiss said. "The Birmingham (Young Republicans) is over half the state's membership, and there are some smaller clubs that feel another way. We don't discourage that at all. We want members to speak their conscience."

This story was updated at 12:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, to include comments from Moore campaign chairman Bill Armistead.

This story was updated at 1:03 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, to include additional comments from Jackie Curtiss.