Southern Baptist Convention Adopts Resolution Urging End to Gay Marriage

A resolution adopted by the convention explicitly urged the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, which labeled same-sex marriage a federal right.

Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley gives the President's Address during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas on June 10, 2025. Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Photo

The Southern Baptist Convention on June 10 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution encouraging the overturning of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that labeled same-sex marriage a federally protected right in 2015.

A provision of the resolution, titled “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family,” reads, “We call for the overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family.”