2022-09-28 13:01:03
How Southern Baptists Learned to Hate Women, Gays
The U.S.’s largest Protestant denomination, Southern Baptists, has had a good year, with the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe Vs. Wade abortion precedent. How Southern Baptists came to be involved in conservative politics to wield a virulently misogynist and homophobic agenda is a fascinating story–one that journalist Sarah Posner tells in her new investigation for The Nation.
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