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Southern Baptists seek to ban porn, women pastors, and marriage equality (www.advocate.com)

submitted 10 months ago by leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They left the most fucked part out of the headline.

And conservatives of various stripes have echoed one of the resolution's call for pro-natalist policies and its decrying of “willful childlessness which contributes to a declining fertility rate.”

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

So in other words: have babies or you’re breaking the law?

[–] bumblefumble@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

I love the handmaid's tale.

[–] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The southern Baptists? The same denomination that split from the northern because they wanted to argue that god was cool with slavery? I’m shocked. SHOCKED!

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

In their defense, it is right there in the book.

They're not wrong, just assholes.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But NOT Guns because GOD!

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's why you gotta have more kids.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

seek to ban if for themselves right?

NOT INFLICT THEIR DOGMA ON THE POPULACE, RIGHT?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

The big secret is that it's the northern, eastern and western baptists as well.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Oh, they'll 'consider' it, will they? :rolleyes: