SBC passes resolutions calling for bans on gay marriage, pornography, abortion pills

Messengers hold up ballot cards as they vote during the Southern Baptist Convention's Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, held June 11-14, 2023. | Baptist Press

 By Michael Gryboski - Posted at The Christian Post:

"In recent months, there has been a growing effort on the part of some Republican lawmakers to overturn the Obergefell decision, and thus allow states to ban same-sex marriage."

The Southern Baptist Convention has overwhelmingly passed resolutions calling for bans on same-sex marriage, pornography and the abortion pill.

During the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, thousands of messengers approved via voice vote three resolutions on the social issues regarding sexual ethics and abortion.

One resolution, titled “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family,” called for overturning the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled state restrictions on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

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