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'A huge victory': Christian leaders react to Supreme Court's Skrmetti ruling

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood speaks during a panel discussion about religious persecution around the world and its connection to U.S. refugee resettlement and asylum policies on Sept. 20, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood speaks during a panel discussion about religious persecution around the world and its connection to U.S. refugee resettlement and asylum policies on Sept. 20, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. | The Christian Post/Nicole VanDyke

4. Brent Leatherwood

Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, praised the ruling.

"When a child needs to be protected, states have a right to step in with common-sense laws to save that child from harm," Leatherwood said in a statement, adding that it's "a view long held by Southern Baptists."

He identified the Skrmetti case as "a top priority for the ERLC before the court."

"The protection of children from harmful transgender surgeries and interventions is not only an entirely appropriate action by the state, it is desperately needed in a culture that believes a person's identity can be divorced from biological realities simply on a whim," he asserted. "Southern Baptists have been unequivocally clear about the dangers of 'gender transition' procedures and interventions on minors and the devastating effects they have on children."

Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com

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