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Southern Baptists Move to Reverse Obergefell Same-Sex Marriage Decision

By defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman, the resolution aims to fuel a broader conservative campaign challenging LGBTQ+ rights.

Southern Baptist Convention president Clint Pressley speaks during the Convention’s annual meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
Same-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington, DC, waves a LGBTQIA pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as he makes pictures with his friend Donte Gonzalez to celebrate the anniversary of the United States v. Windsor and the Obergefell v. Hodges decisions on June 26, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Overview

  • On June 10 in Dallas, messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention approved a non-binding resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its Obergefell ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
  • The resolution defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, affirms only two genders, and states that families are designed for procreation with human life sacred from conception to natural death.
  • Delegates also condemned commercial surrogacy and what they called the normalization of transgender ideology while calling for permanent defunding of Planned Parenthood.
  • Although the measure carries no legal force, leaders hope it will mirror the campaign that led to Roe v. Wade’s reversal and influence conservative lawmakers at the state and federal levels.
  • Recent Gallup polling shows Republican support for same-sex marriage has fallen to 41%, and conservative legislators in five states have introduced measures urging the Supreme Court to reconsider Obergefell.