The Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, wh over 16 ln members, has discrimated agast gay and lbian people for more than a quarter-century.
Contents:
- THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN PASS ROLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
- SBC ROLUTN CHALLENG CHRISTIANS WHO SELF-INTIFY AS GAY
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTN PASS ROLUTN ON GAY MARRIAGE
The Southern Baptist Conventn, the largt Prottant nomatn the Uned Stat, wh over 16 ln members, has discrimated agast gay and lbian people for more than a quarter-century. In a 1996 “Rolutn on a Christian Rponse to Homosexualy, ” the SBC clared that “even a sire to engage a homosexual relatnship is always sful, impure, gradg, shameful, unnatural, cent and perverted. In the 2000 Baptist Fah and Msage statement, the SBC equat "homosexualy" wh adultery and pornography, clarg, “In the spir of Christ, Christians should oppose … all forms of sexual immoraly, cludg adultery, homosexualy and pornography.
SBC ROLUTN CHALLENG CHRISTIANS WHO SELF-INTIFY AS GAY
The SBC lls on s members to a “love the sner but hate the s” approach and affirms the possibily of reorientatn om same-sex attractn and supports “ex-gay” mistri. As the SBC webse stat: “Christians n, and should, mister to homosexuals a kd, yet firm manner.