BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) A supporter of former “Ten Commandments Judge” and Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was not speaking on Moore’s behalf when she accused public schools of “indoctrinating” children in communism and Islam, a Moore spokesman said.

The charge is made in a letter that Moore supporter Julie Sanders wrote to other supporters, a copy of which recently began appearing on several blogs. In her letter, Sanders writes:

“We must clean up our education system which is indoctrinating our children through a multicultural mix of communism, Islam, New Age and anything that goes, except Christianity, which is now being portrayed as the enemy. Our forefathers founded America on God and his word. The enemy is now taking it away, but he can do it only if we remain apathetic and refuse to listen and act on the truth.”

Rich Hobson, director of Moore’s Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, said he knows Sanders and described her as a Moore supporter.

“She means well but does not speak for Judge Moore,” Hobson said.

Hobson described Sanders as “a nice person but excited.” He said he never saw the letter until it was picked up by some bloggers.

In the letter, Sanders seeks donations to what is expected to be Moore’s second bid in four years for the Republican nomination for governor. Moore has scheduled a June 1 announcement about his intentions.

Moore gained national attention in 2003 when he defied an order by a federal judge to remove a Ten Commandments granite monument from the state Supreme Court building, a monument the federal court ruled was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. After refusing to follow the order, Moore was removed as chief justice by the state Court of the Judiciary, which found he put himself above the law in refusing to follow a lawful order.

Moore steadfastly maintained that the federal order itself was unlawful and used the issue to mount a campaign for governor in 2006 against Gov. Bob Riley who easily defeated Moore for the GOP nomination.