Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to condemn alt-right white supremacy

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21. cnn: After high drama, Southern Baptists denounce the 'alt-right'

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After high drama, Southern Baptists denounce the 'alt-right'

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/politics/southern-baptist-convention-alt-right/?iid=ob_lockedrail_longstory_pool



Chris Moody

By Chris Moody, CNN Senior Digital Correspondent

Updated 7:29 PM ET, Wed June 14, 2017
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Story highlights

Southern Baptist Convention leaders held a late-night Tuesday meeting
The group was debating whether to condemn the alt-right

Phoenix, Arizona (CNN)The Southern Baptist Convention moved to denounce the "alt-right" white nationalist movement Wednesday, a collective decision that occurred only after pastors pushed back against denominational leaders who initially chose not to address the issue.

At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists agreed to a statement decrying "every form of racism, including alt-right white supremacy, as antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

Denominational leaders had planned not to vote on a resolution about race relations, but reversed course following an outcry on the floor of the convention the day before. Leaders worked through the night to craft an updated resolution after the original text failed to gain traction on the first day of the convention.

The debate began when Rev. Dwight McKissic, a black pastor from Arlington, Texas, called on Southern Baptists to formally condemn the movement's "retrograde ideologies, xenophobic biases, and racial bigotries" and re-affirm its opposition to racism in the aftermath of a presidential election that saw the rise of a small movement of nationalist and white supremacists that coalesced in support of President Donald Trump...............