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Southern Baptists: Supreme Court is not final authority on gay marriage

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Revmitchell, Jun 16, 2015.

  1. Revmitchell

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    The president of the Southern Baptist Convention has a message regarding the looming Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage: We will not obey.

    “The Supreme Court of the United States is not the final authority nor is the culture itself,” declared Ronnie Floyd, the elected leader of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. “The Bible is God’s final authority about marriage and on this book we stand.”

    Dr. Floyd’s powerful and provocative comments were met with thunderous applause and standing ovations from thousands of Southern Baptist messengers meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

    “While some evangelicals may be bowing down to the deception of the inclusiveness of same-sex marriage, we will not bow down nor will we be silent,” Floyd declared in a fiery speech on Tuesday. “We do not need to redefine what God Himself has defined already.”

    And from there Dr. Floyd went to where few prominent pastors have gone before – a Supreme Court showdown.

    The issue facing Southern Baptists is one that will face every person of faith in the United States – do you follow God or the government?

    “America – we stand believing that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime,” he said in a thundering speech. “We have believed this and do believe this and will continue to believe this as a convention of churches. We stand for biblical and traditional marriage.”

    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015...t-is-not-final-authority-on-gay-marriage.html
     
  2. Zaac

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    Guess he's expecting the SCOTUS to side with LGBTtuvwxyz
     
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