Homosexuality

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Social Issues

SBC leader rejects Boy Scout compromise

Richard Land of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission wrote a letter reiterating “strident opposition” to any change in the current Boy Scouts membership policy that bans gays.

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Thursday, May 9, 2013 Social Issues

Minister: gay marriage not Baptist fight

“As a Baptist Christian, it grieves me that some of my sisters and brothers in the faith are advocating a position on how the government should deal with same-sex marriage that directly violates what Baptists stand for.”

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Social Issues

Vote to retain church brings backlash

Several churches have left Richmond Baptist Association in the seven weeks since a vote to not kick out a church for ordaining a gay minister, and more are considering doing the same.

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Monday, April 8, 2013 Media and Arts

Radio host blasts SBC president

Christian radio host Rick Wiles says SBC President Fred Luter “made Joel Osteen look like the winner of the tough-man contest.”

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Thursday, April 4, 2013 People

SBC leader retracts radio comment

After being criticized for linking same-sex marriage and gays in the Boy Scouts to North Korea’s threat to start a nuclear war, SBC President Fred Luter says he misspoke and believes there is no connection between the two.

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Monday, April 1, 2013 Organizations

Luter says SBC watching Boy Scouts

Pastor Fred Luter says a decision by the Boy Scouts to allow openly gay members would have an adverse effect among Southern Baptists.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 Organizations

DC Baptists agree to differ on gay marriage

With all eyes on two Supreme Court hearings on gay marriage, Baptists in the nation’s capital pledged to work together despite differences.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013 Media and Arts

Singer skirts Boy Scout controversy

Noted for being outspoken on political issues, country-music legend Charlie Daniels has little to say about a proposal to drop the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay members and Scoutmasters.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Social Issues

Ky. settles Baptist home lawsuit

The state of Kentucky has settled a long-running lawsuit challenging taxpayer funding of a Baptist agency that fired an employee 15 years ago after learning she was a lesbian.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Organizations

Baptist group keeps gay-friendly church

By a close margin, the Richmond Baptist Association voted to retain the membership of a church which ordained a gay man to the ministry last fall.

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