The Southern Baptist Convention voted at its annual meeting in Dallas on Tuesday to end legalized so-called same-sex marriage in America.
More than 10,000 church delegates gathered for the event, in which they overwhelmingly voted their support in overturning Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling claiming that so-called same-sex marriage is a fundamental right, The New York Times reported.
Each year, Southern Baptists gather to discuss and debate proposals submitted by Baptist churches across the country.
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At this year’s two-day meeting, which kicked off at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, attendees voted for the first time on a resolution to legally end gay marriage.
“Legal rulings like Obergefell v. Hodges and policies that deny the biological reality of male and female are
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