The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) & homosexuality 2012: A
resolution that same-sex cannot be considered a civil rights
issue. Resolution concerning same-sex marriage: Messengers
(delegates) attending the year 2012 annual meeting of the
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) overwhelmingly passed a
resolution expressing the belief that marriage by loving,
committed same-sex couples is not a civil right and should not
be considered as one. 1 The resolution, titled " 'Same-sex
Marriage' and Civil Rights Rhetoric" was in response to several
recent developments, including: In the title of the resolution,
they surround the term same-sex Marriage with 'single quotation
marks,' apparently to indicate that they do not believe that
such marriages are legitimate. This denigration of same-sex
couples is found quite frequently on conservative Christian web
sites. About the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): The Tenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that: "The powers
not delegated to the United States by the Consti