by Bob Allen | Jun 13, 2005 | News
An early supporter of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Disney boycott said it is unlikely it would pass today, because of a two-year-old rule that allows the SBC Resolutions Committee to “filibuster” to keep controversial or unpopular resolutions...
by Bob Allen | Jun 10, 2005 | News
Baptist Press in recent months has published numerous stories touching on homosexuality—from support for a Federal Marriage Amendment, to criticism of “activist” judges, to the Senate filibuster, to the role of religious conservatives in re-electing...
by Bob Allen | Jun 10, 2005 | News
Debate about the merits of Christian versus public schools has been a touchy subject for Baptist Press before. Two years ago BP published a story quoting U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige as appearing to suggest that children are better off in a private than...
by Bob Allen | Jun 9, 2005 | News
Three conservative Christian activists have offered to provide expert testimony to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee supporting a resolution recommending that churches investigate whether their school districts have clubs, programs or curricula...
by Bob Allen | Jun 2, 2005 | News
A second resolution this year criticizing public schools has been submitted to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee. The director of an organization that offers Christian alternatives to public education and a Tennessee minister of education drafted...
