Explainer: Why the ERLC still opposes the Respect for Marriage Act
Yesterday’s Senate vote to take up the Respect for Marriage Act was likely last opportunity for the bill to be stopped.
Senate takes step toward codifying same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON (BP)—The U.S. Senate took the first and an apparently decisive step Wednesday (Nov. 16) toward codifying same-sex marriage into law with the aid of more than one-fifth of Republicans in the chamber.
California cake designer wins ruling about same-sex ceremony
WASHINGTON (BP) – A California judge has ruled in favor of a Christian cake designer in the latest court decision regarding the conflict between religious freedom and same-sex marriage.
ERLC offers guide for pastors on sexuality, gender issues
NASHVILLE (BP)—Southern Baptist pastors and churches have a new theological and practical guide to help them address issues involving sexuality and gender.
FIRST-PERSON: Equipping your children to live in a pro-LGBTQ culture
For the last couple of years, the volume has increased over concerns related to parental rights, especially at public schools. What focused for a time as concerns over in-person education and the use of masks during the pandemic has quickly returned to concerns over matters of sexuality and gender.
SBC President Bart Barber featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes
NEW YORK (BP) – SBC President Bart Barber was a guest of Anderson Cooper on CBS’ 60 Minutes program Sunday (Oct. 9). The 13-minute segment dealt with issues of sexual abuse in the SBC, political division in the United States surrounding former President Donald Trump, the separation of church and state, abortion, immigration and same-sex marriage.
SBC DIGEST: Pastor, SBC influencer Jeffrey Curtis dies; Leaders urge McConnell to reject marriage bill
Pastor Jeffrey Curtis remembered as ‘intentional role model’; Mohler, Allen among signatories of letter denouncing marriage bill,
ERLC urges Senate to defeat same-sex marriage proposal
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity called Tuesday (July 26) for the U.S. Senate to oppose legislation that threatens to gain enough Republican support to codify same-sex marriage into law.
House passes same-sex marriage bill with GOP help
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 19 to codify same-sex marriage into law with the help of one-fifth of its Republican members and to the chagrin of Southern Baptist leaders.
More than 100 Florida churches file lawsuit to leave United Methodist Church
LAKELAND, Fla. (RNS) — More than 100 churches are suing the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to immediately disaffiliate from the denomination. The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. And, according to the head of a new, theologically conservative […]
