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Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to condemn ‘alt-right white supremacy’

Rejected submission by aristarchus at 2017-06-15 08:06:31 from the Religious-Non-Violence dept.
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In an amazing and unexpected move, the one Protestant denomination behind racism and the KKK more than any other has come clean. Amazing.

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to condemn a white nationalist movement, but only after fierce backlash following their decision a day earlier not to move forward with a similar resolution.

Source: Washington Post [washingtonpost.com]

Of course, it was not an easy decision for the predominately Southern white church.

The decision was met with a standing ovation as about 5,000 members of the denomination voted at their annual convention to affirm their opposition to the alt-right movement, which seeks a whites-only state. But it was not a decision easily reached.

When Trump has lost the Southern Baptists, he has lost the country. Or, I could be wrong? At least Bannon will always have Munich. [wikipedia.org]


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