A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and reversing the U.S.

“For Southern Baptists, the waters of sexuality are not muddy,” he said, noting how their 100-year-old Baptist Faith and Message describes marital unions, citing a passage in the New Testament.

A version of this article appears in print on June 11, 2025, Section A, Page 15 of the New York edition with the headline: Southern Baptists Endorse an Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage.

Southern Baptists plan to vote this week on acting to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage 10 years ago this month.

Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on gay marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.

The Southern Baptist resolution on Obergefell v. Hodges is a harrowing sign of the legal fight that could be around the ...

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Southern Baptists also face competition from nondenominational churches, where people can find similar values without denominational infighting. There’s also the reality that SBC churches are ...

Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of same-sex marriage.