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Southern Baptists seek to ban porn, women pastors, and marriage equality

The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.

A Queer Takeover at the Southern Baptist Convention

A pro-LGBT organization is out to let faith groups know the harm that lack of acceptance does to LGBT kids -- and it did just that recently in Phoenix.

Southern Baptist Leader Renounces 'Reparative' Therapy

Russell Moore acknowledges that so-called ex-gay therapy is "severely counterproductive."

Southern Baptists Expel Gay-Accepting Church

Baptist leaders ousted New Heart Community Church in California over the congregation's decision to accept a variety of views on homosexuality, after a pastor's powerful sermon about his son's coming-out.

Southern Baptists OK Quitting the Boy Scouts

A resolution from the Southern Baptist Convention offers support to Baptist churches that choose to cut ties with the Boy Scouts after the organization decided to admit openly gay youth.

Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church

College Park Baptist Church in North Carolina says it's not even a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.

'God and the Gay Christian': Southern Baptist Leader Objects

A new book by a YouTube phenom says gay Christians must be welcomed in the church. But a prominent evangelical leader disagrees.

Southern Baptists urge Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality

A resolution adopted by the denomination also includes anti-transgender language.

Kentucky Southern Baptists Consider Expelling LGBT-Affirming Churches

If churches drop a ban on LGBT employees, they're "redefining sin," says the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Southern Baptists Vote on Trans Existence

The Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution urging lawmakers to oppose legal protections for trans individuals and reinforcing biblical concepts of womanly subservience.

Southern Baptists Say Same-Sex Marriage Is Not a Civil Right

Supporters of same-sex marriage have 'misappropriated the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement,' the denomination says.

Southern Baptists Vote, Still Don't Back Marriage Equality

The resolution approved Tuesday reaffirms the faith group's longstanding opposition to marriage equality, 'no matter how the Supreme Court rules.'

Southern Baptist Slams Bushes for Witnessing Lesbian Wedding

The President of the Southern Baptists Theological Seminary says attending the same-sex wedding of a friend cannot be a 'neutral act.'

Southern Baptist Conference Wrap-Up: Shifting Rhetoric, Maintaining Anti-LGBT Beliefs

While some LGBT and allied voices advocated for change, the Southern Baptist Convention event in Nashville largely reflected the leadership's continued opposition to LGBT equality and acceptance.

Top Southern Baptist Blames Gays For N. Korea's War Threat

During a recent radio interview, Fred Luter claimed Kim Jong-un's threats to attack America were the result of debates on marriage equality and gays in the Boy Scouts.

Op-ed: There's Room Under the Bus for All of Us

One man's workplace was also his closet door: the Southern Baptist Church.

New Poll: LGBT Issues a Civil Rights Matter, Marriage Equality 'Inevitable'

The poll, by a Southern Baptist-affiliated firm, finds many Americans disagreeing with the church's antigay dogma.

Tennessee AG: It was God's will for him to defend gender-affirming care ban at Supreme Court

"God puts his people where he needs them," Jonathan Skrmetti said during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.