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Southern Baptist leader vows never to officiate same-sex union
The president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination vowed never to officiate a gay union, and the Southern Baptist Convention called on the Supreme Court not to declare same-sex marriage a constitutional right.
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Hate group leader Tony Perkins to join gay marriage foes at Vatican meeting
Next week, American Religious Right leaders including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Russell Moore, pastor Rick Warren, Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, and Latter-Day Saints official Henry Eyring will be joining opponents of LGBT equality from around the world at an interfaith conference on the “complementarity of man and woman in marriage” hosted by the Vatican.
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Southern Baptists eject Calif. church for disagreeing that being gay is a sin
The Southern Baptist Convention has kicked out a California church that voted earlier this year to disagree that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin. The Associated Baptist Press reports the Convention’s Executive Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to declare New Heart Community Church in La Mirada, Calif., not in “friendly cooperation” with …
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Churches urge U.S. Supreme Court to act on same-sex marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church and four religious organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and settle once and for all the question of whether states can outlaw gay marriage. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in a statement Friday, said it joined a friend-of-the-court brief asking the high court to hear Utah’s marriage case.
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Southern Baptists oppose transgender identity, won’t relax stance on gay marriage
BALTIMORE — The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention says the denomination won’t relax its position on same-sex marriage and transgender identity, even as courts across the country are striking down gay marriage bans in record numbers and the convention tries to bolster its membership.
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Pastor who calls homosexuality Satan’s ‘con job’ to lead Southern Baptists
BALTIMORE — An Arkansas megachurch pastor was elected Tuesday to lead the country’s Southern Baptists as the conservative denomination tries to turn around declining membership, church attendance and baptisms and faces increasing conflict with mainstream culture, especially over its conviction that gay sex is immoral.
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Richard Land ‘exposes’ the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ of the gay community
While filling in for Washington Watch host Tony Perkins on Tuesday, Southern Baptist Convention official Richard Land and guest Donna Rice Hughes of the anti-pornography group Enough Is Enough agreed that sexual abuse causes homosexuality.
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Southern Baptist Convention leader: Gays are pawns of Satan
On “Washington Watch” on Thursday, Jerry Boykin of the Family Research Council sat down with Southern Baptist Convention leader Richard Land to discuss of Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein, who is loathed by the Religious Right for his work against religious coercion in the military.
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Baptist group prohibits chaplains from taking part in any same-sex ritual
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Southern Baptist Convention, which provides the largest share of active-duty military chaplains, has barred members from taking part in weddings, counseling sessions and couples retreats for same-sex couples.
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Southern Baptists officially oppose Boy Scouts’ policy to accept gay youth
HOUSTON — The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to and disappointment in the Boy Scouts of America’s new policy allowing gay Scouts.