Southern Baptists demand Supreme Court reverse gay marriage ruling and restore 'natural law'
Southern Baptist Church
are reportedly calling on the Supreme Court to issue a
ban on gay marriage
. It was also reported that they also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and to support policies that promote childbearing.
The votes on the petition came during the annual meeting of the
nation's largest Protestant denomination
, which gathered more than 10,000 church representatives. The proposed legislation calls on lawmakers to 'pass laws that reflect the truth of creation and natural law — about marriage, sex, human life, and family.'
According to the church, the new laws would oppose those contradicting 'what
God has made plain
through nature and Scripture.' The
resolution calls f
or the 'overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God's design for marriage and family.'
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It was also reported that they also called for legislators to curtail sports betting and to support policies that promote childbearing.
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It should be noted that a reversal of Obergefell would institute a ban. Per the Associated Press, the resolution calls 'for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one woman.'
The outlet reports that the Southern Baptist Convention's two-day meeting began on Tuesday morning with several praise sessions and optimistic reports about the growing number of baptisms in the US.
According to the church, the new laws would oppose those contradicting 'what God has made plain through nature and Scripture.'
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The news of the possible challenge to the 10-year Supreme Court decision comes after several LGBTQ groups sued U.S. President
Donald Trump
after he signed an executive order that dismantled several DEI initiatives.
San Francisco
AIDS Foundation and the GLBT Historical Society are two groups among several that sued the president. Both groups argue that the orders, which they say deny the existence of trans people, infringe upon their rights.
The resolution calls for the 'overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God's design for marriage and family.'
(Image: AP)
Civil rights groups, the Legal Defence Fund and Lambda Legal, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of
California
on Thursday, February 20.
Pink News reports
that the orders that they are challenging include "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing," and 'Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity."
"The government is attempting to erase a very specific group of people," Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and one of the plaintiffs, expressed to ABC News. "Transgender and non-binary folks in our country are being singled out as individuals who are being told that they don't exist. So this moment is us going to the courts and saying, 'We won't be silenced.'"
The outlet reports that the Southern Baptist Convention's two-day meeting began on Tuesday morning with several praise sessions and optimistic reports about the growing number of baptisms in the US.
(Image: AP)
Despite receiving federal funding for their work, the organisations maintain that the orders breach their Fifth Amendment rights under the US Constitution, which guarantees that "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
Attorney Jose Abrigo of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, remarked: "The orders are vague, use undefined terms and make compliance impossible and enforcement arbitrary. Our plaintiffs have no way of knowing which programs, policies or even word might result in penalties."
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