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Disney shareholders vote overwhelmingly to continue in Human Rights Campaign index

An anti-LGBTQ+ group had urged the company to pull out of the "woke" index.

Southern Baptists OK Quitting the Boy Scouts

A resolution from the Southern Baptist Convention offers support to Baptist churches that choose to cut ties with the Boy Scouts after the organization decided to admit openly gay youth.

Southern Baptist Conference Wrap-Up: Shifting Rhetoric, Maintaining Anti-LGBT Beliefs

While some LGBT and allied voices advocated for change, the Southern Baptist Convention event in Nashville largely reflected the leadership's continued opposition to LGBT equality and acceptance.

Southern Baptists Vote, Still Don't Back Marriage Equality

The resolution approved Tuesday reaffirms the faith group's longstanding opposition to marriage equality, 'no matter how the Supreme Court rules.'

A Queer Takeover at the Southern Baptist Convention

A pro-LGBT organization is out to let faith groups know the harm that lack of acceptance does to LGBT kids -- and it did just that recently in Phoenix.

Southern Baptists Vote on Trans Existence

The Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution urging lawmakers to oppose legal protections for trans individuals and reinforcing biblical concepts of womanly subservience.

Tulsa pastor arrested on lewdness charge

A member of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee was arrested on a lewdness charge, having been accused of propositioning a plainclothes policeman outside a hotel in Tulsa, Okla.

Southern Baptist Slams Bushes for Witnessing Lesbian Wedding

The President of the Southern Baptists Theological Seminary says attending the same-sex wedding of a friend cannot be a 'neutral act.'

Southern Baptists Say Same-Sex Marriage Is Not a Civil Right

Supporters of same-sex marriage have 'misappropriated the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement,' the denomination says.

Top Southern Baptist Blames Gays For N. Korea's War Threat

During a recent radio interview, Fred Luter claimed Kim Jong-un's threats to attack America were the result of debates on marriage equality and gays in the Boy Scouts.

Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church

College Park Baptist Church in North Carolina says it's not even a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.

WATCH: Anderson Cooper Presses Baptist Leader on North Korea Statements

Cooper calls out Southern Baptist Convention president Fred Luter on his statement connecting LGBT progress to North Korean threats to attack the U.S.

Kentucky Southern Baptists Consider Expelling LGBT-Affirming Churches

If churches drop a ban on LGBT employees, they're "redefining sin," says the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Historic South Carolina Baptist Church Becomes LGBT-Affirming

First Baptist Church Greenville has approved a policy of LGBT equality in all church matters, including ordination and marriage.

Southern Baptists Expel Gay-Accepting Church

Baptist leaders ousted New Heart Community Church in California over the congregation's decision to accept a variety of views on homosexuality, after a pastor's powerful sermon about his son's coming-out.