Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to condemn alt-right white supremacy

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17. As a denomination, Baptists tended to be abolitionists as a matter of principle

and biblical interpretation. In the 1840's, this led to conflict in the slave-holding states. A schism occurred and self-identified "Southern Baptists" split off and twisted themselves into knots defending the institution of slavery. It is an ugly and shameful legacy (speaking as one who grew up attending a Southern Baptist church), and although they have long ago renounced slavery, they have drifted backwards since the 1970s and the leadership and members alike have been associated with extreme political and social conservatism.