Pornography, sports betting, abortion pills: A look at 5 SBC resolutions ahead of its Annual Meeting
Same-sex marriage
One proposed resolution that messengers will consider at the SBC's Annual Meeting calls for the United States Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, its 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
Titled “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family,” the resolution denounces various socially progressive ideas, like abortion, transgender ideology and commercial surrogacy.
“Legal rulings like Obergefell v. Hodges and policies that deny the biological reality of male and female are legal fictions, undermine the truth of God’s design, and lead to social confusion and injustice,” stated the proposed resolution.
“[W]e call for the overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family [and] we call for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one woman, recognize the biological reality of male and female, protect children’s innocence against sexual predation, affirm and strengthen parental rights in education and healthcare, incentivize family formation in life-affirming ways, and ensure safety and fairness in female athletic competition.”
