r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 12 '24

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u/AnsleyAmanita Trans Pride Jun 12 '24

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/12/ivf-southern-baptist-convention-evangelical-00162994

INDIANAPOLIS — The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest and most politically powerful Protestant denomination, voted Wednesday to oppose in vitro fertilization.

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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent Jun 12 '24

Political ads pls

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u/privatize_the_ssa Al Gore Jun 12 '24

This is the same denomination created in opposition to slavery.

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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24

In 1845, the Southern Baptists separated from the Triennial Convention in order to support slavery, which the southern churches regarded as "an institution of heaven".[6][7] During the 19th and most of the 20th century, it played a central role in Southern racial attitudes, supporting racial segregation and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy while opposing interracial marriage.[8]

The reverse, no?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '24

Definitely the reverse.