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Charlie McHenry<p>Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage…<br>“Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to call for the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. They were motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.” <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/MarriageEquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarriageEquality</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Opposing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/groups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groups</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigots</span></a> urge <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> to back <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antitrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/restrictions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restrictions</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parents</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> providers argue <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TN</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genderaffirmingcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderaffirmingcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bans</span></a> violate <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hategroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hategroups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/oct/28/existential-questions-facing-off-against-major/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesfreepress.com/news/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/28/existential-questions-facing-off-against-major/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Sadly, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> Convention’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReligiousLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousLiberty</span></a> Commission was forced out until he rescinded a statement expressing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> for Biden’s decision. 'We should all express our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appreciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appreciation</span></a> that President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> has put the needs of the nation above his personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ambition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambition</span></a>. Despite what some partisans will say, to walk away from power is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/selfless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfless</span></a> act—the kind that has become all too rare in our culture,' <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrentLeatherwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrentLeatherwood</span></a> initially said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThankYouBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThankYouBiden</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“This isn’t a bottom-up change,” said Mary Ziegler, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> professor &amp; historian of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antiabortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiabortion</span></a> movement. “It aligns w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> Convention trying to figure out how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ultraconservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultraconservative</span></a> it’s going to be on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personhood</span></a>,” she said of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> movement that sees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/embryos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embryos</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FertilizedEggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FertilizedEggs</span></a> as human beings w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> rights. [but not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertility</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BodilyAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodilyAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Constitutional amendments require ⅔ approval to pass, and the motion saying the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBC</span></a> cooperates only w/ “churches that do not affirm, appoint, or employ a woman as a pastor of any kind” garnered 61% of votes, to 38% who rejected it.
<br>The voice vote on “On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies &amp; the Dignity of the Human Embryo” was one of a raft of<br>resolutions, which are understood as statements of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> belief; they are not rules that come w/enforcement mandates.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> Convention on Wednesday approved a measure opposing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a> as “dehumanizing” &amp; asking “the government to restrain” the practice, a sign of the broadening effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelicals</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antiabortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiabortion</span></a> movement since the fall of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BodilyAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodilyAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertility</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-ivf-women-pastors/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2024</span><span class="invisible">/06/12/southern-baptists-ivf-women-pastors/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pastor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pastor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EdYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdYoung</span></a> calls <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/President" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>President</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/godless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godless</span></a>' in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antiimmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiimmigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sermon</span></a> </p><p>The 87-year-old <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pastor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pastor</span></a> continues to push <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/talkingpoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talkingpoints</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> from the stage of his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/megachurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megachurch</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xenophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/ed-young-biden-godless-19402656.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chron.com/culture/religion/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/ed-young-biden-godless-19402656.php</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> leaders release new analysis of their decline</p><p><a href="https://onlysky.media/ccassidy/southern-baptist-leaders-release-new-analysis-of-their-decline/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlysky.media/ccassidy/souther</span><span class="invisible">n-baptist-leaders-release-new-analysis-of-their-decline/</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/baptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baptist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Are people truly unaware that the Southern Baptist Convention resolutely forbids consumption of alcohol by any Southern Baptist? That's not to say that Southern Baptists don't drink (my Southern Baptist family surely did, and big-time, as I was growing up.) It's to say they're "agin" it. </p><p>I love the line," Minden is about as far as you can get from a party town." With deep roots in that part of Louisiana, I can say that's right. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/mike-johnson-fought-alcohol-legalization-minden-louisiana-1234951457/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/mike-johnson-fought-alcohol-legalization-minden-louisiana-1234951457/</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Tim Sledge was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/preacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preacher</span></a> and writer for 35 years. The driving force behind Sledge’s ultimate rejection of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> was his long-term, up-close observations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> life. “After living and leading in the church for decades, I saw no consistent evidence of an ongoing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supernatural</span></a> presence—and I wanted to see that evidence with all that was in me.” </p><p><a href="https://new.exchristian.net/2024/01/goodbye-jesus.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">new.exchristian.net/2024/01/go</span><span class="invisible">odbye-jesus.html</span></a><br><a href="https://youtu.be/viCGMV7So-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/viCGMV7So-s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exvangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exvangelical</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePence</span></a> Refuses to Defend <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pastors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pastors</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> Churches<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/06/mike-pence-refuses-to-defend-women-pastors-in-southern-baptist-churches/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">06/mike-pence-refuses-to-defend-women-pastors-in-southern-baptist-churches/</span></a> <br>“<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Religiousfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religiousfreedom</span></a>” is the perfect excuse for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a>.</p>
Scott Williams 🐧<p>If you went to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> this morning, did your church address the expulsion of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> in leadership in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBC</span></a>?</p>
Linking Dot<p>President Carter’s viral essay:<br>“My decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades.…was…unavoidable…when the convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be ‘subservient’ to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains….”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SouthernBaptist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernBaptist</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JimmyCarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyCarter</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/federal</span><span class="invisible">/losing-my-religion-for-equality-20090714-dk0v.html</span></a></p>