The article reports that among diverse religious groups opposing Trump’s proposed budget bill, MAGA-friendly leaders within the Southern Baptist Convention expressed concern over provisions that could lead to mass deportations and harm vulnerable communities. This involvement highlights the denomination's political engagement in a highly polarized environment where alignment with Trump’s policies often signals support for authoritarian agendas.

At the annual meeting on June 11, 2025, Southern Baptist messengers voted to retain their public policy agency (ERLC), reaffirming its conservative stance on issues such as abortion, immigration, and transgender rights, while also rejecting a proposed constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. This decision highlights the denomination's active role in politically charged debates that align with far‐right positions, even as some members called for a further rightward shift.

At its annual meeting on June 11, 2025, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to retain its Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission while rejecting proposals that would have pushed the organization further to the right, including a constitutional ban on churches with women pastors. This decision, coming amid debates over more extreme conservative policies, served as a check against an even sharper rightward shift in the denomination’s political approach.

During its annual legislative assembly in Dallas on June 10, 2025, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution calling for efforts to reverse the landmark Supreme Court ruling (Obergefell v. Hodges) legalizing same-sex marriage. The measure, prominently supported by leader Denny Burk, reinforces the organization’s traditional stance against LGBTQ+ rights.

On June 10, 2025, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution seeking to overturn the historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage. The resolution, which frames the ruling as a threat to traditional values, calls for redefining marriage strictly as a union between one man and one woman, and reflects a broader trend among conservative religious groups towards rejecting LGBTQ rights.

At their Dallas meeting, the Southern Baptist Convention is set to vote on resolutions that call for banning pornography, reversing the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, curtailing sports betting, and promoting pro-natalist policies. These proposals reflect an agenda to legislate morality and enforce a repressive, theocratic order.

During its annual meeting, the Southern Baptist Convention proposed resolutions to legally ban pornography, reverse the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, and curtail sports betting. These proposals reflect an effort to enforce a biblically derived moral order that undermines progressive social norms and restricts individual freedoms.