Nation's Largest Protestant Denomination Calls For Overturning Supreme Court Decision Legalizing Gay Marriage

The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a lengthy solution this week that, successful part, calls for nan overturning of nan Supreme Court's 2015 gay matrimony ruling.

The matter of nan resolution, titled, "On Restoring Moral Clarity done God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and nan Family," calls "for nan overturning of laws and tribunal rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s creation for matrimony and family."

The multifaceted and wide-ranging solution calls "for laws that affirm matrimony betwixt 1 man and 1 woman, admit nan biologic reality of antheral and female, protect children’s innocence against intersexual predation, affirm and fortify parental authorities successful acquisition and healthcare, incentivize family statement successful life-affirming ways, and guarantee information and fairness successful diversion competition."

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Same-sex matrimony protagonist waves a pridefulness emblem successful beforehand of nan U.S. Supreme Court successful 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

It besides urges defunding Planned Parenthood and directing nationalist costs toward "life-affirming healthcare providers."

The 10-year day of nan high court's arguable landmark 5-4 cheery matrimony determination falls later this month.  

"The Constitution, however, does not licence nan State to barroom same-sex couples from matrimony connected nan aforesaid position arsenic accorded to couples of nan other sex," nan opinion asserted.

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Resolutions committee chair Dr. Andrew Walker, who described nan SBC arsenic nan biggest Protestant denomination successful nan U.S., emphasized during a property convention that he recognizes nan "headwinds."

"There is very small desire, moreover connected nan blimpish side, I think, to spell to bat for matrimony successful this… culture," he said, explaining that nan solution intends to convey that "Southern Baptists are not going anyplace connected this issue."

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He noted that he hopes "this is utilized arsenic a system for encouragement for different conservative-minded evangelicals."