Southern baptist view on gays

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The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, with over 16 million members, has discriminated against gay and lesbian people for more than a quarter-century.

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Southern Baptists and Homosexuality The recent conference hosted by our Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, entitled “The Gospel, Homosexuality and the Future of Marriage,” drew great attention to the issue of homosexuality and homosexual behavior. Coming out of the meeting, some in the news media began predicting a softening of our position regarding this issue. Some Southern Baptists, having read these stories, have.

Southern Baptists overwhelmingly call

(The Conversation) — Over the years, the Southern Baptist Convention has spoken out against many efforts to advance LGBTQ rights, writes a scholar who studies Southern Baptists.

On same sex Marriage

Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gay marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.

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Faith-based The Next Battle This week, the Southern Baptist Convention easily agreed to target gay marriage.

Southern Baptists endorse repeal He’s so much fun to be around The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, with over 16 million members, has discriminated against gay and lesbian people for more than a quarter-century. The roots of Southern Baptist history go back to the Baptist churches established in the American colonies in the 17th century. Providing standard literature for all Southern Baptist churches had a strong unifying effect, solidifying the Southern Baptist Convention as a denomination. Among doctrines Southern Baptists emphasize is the doctrine of local church autonomy.

List of Christian denominations Southern Baptists vote to oppose gay marriage and push for abuse reform amid criticism at their annual convention in Dallas.