The Southern Baptist Convention on June 10 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution encouraging the overturning of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that labeled same-sex marriage a federally protected right in 2015.
A provision of the resolution, dubbed “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family,” reads, “we call for the overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family.”
A subsequent provision reads, “we call for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one woman.”
In a video from the convention, a sea of green slips—used for voting on proposals before the convention—could be seen in support of the resolution, which broadly tackles a series of issues related to sex, gender, and other controversial social issues. No green slips were visible when leaders asked if anyone opposed the resolution….