UPDATED: Leader of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm ousted after Biden column (then reinstated)

[Eugene]

Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2024, 03:07 PM - Edit history (2)

UPDATE: Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement (Associated Press)

Thanks to SunSeeker for the updated AP report.

In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. Then, his agency reported he was fired — and now they have reaffirmed his leadership.

https://apnews.com/article/southern-baptists-public-policy-arm-conservative-leadership-6ee78020117041514fc927b5c53db35d

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Source: Nashville Tennessean

Leader of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm ousted after Biden column

Updated Mon, July 22, 2024 at 11:52 PM EDT·4 min read

Brent Leatherwood, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm, has been removed from his position.

On Monday night, the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued a brief statement on behalf of the executive committee of its board confirming Leatherwood's removal but providing few details on what led to the ouster.

The sudden removal came less than 24 hours after Leatherwood praised President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race, publishing a column calling it the "correct" decision for the country. Leatherwood also made a separate statement to The Baptist Press calling Biden's decision "selfless."

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The column and comments, published by The Baptist Press and shared by ERLC's own social media accounts, immediately sparked backlash from some far-right factions within the conservative evangelical denomination.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/news/leader-southern-baptist-conventions-public-014738004.html

[SunSeeker]

1. So they ousted him because he said Biden made a correct decision and was selfless? WTF

That is sick.

Man, those Southern Baptists are really allergic to the truth.

[malaise]

8. They are sick

Rec

[303squadron]

2. Robert Heinlein quote FTW

"The custodians of the True Faith cannot logically admit tolerance of heresy to be a virture. "~ RAH

[Cha]

3. Ah Southern Baptist Religious people want to

hide the truth.. Who the fuck Knew?/

Looks like the want the Felon/Rapist/Babble mouth.

[Woodycall]

4. I KKKan't believe this is true!

[Turbineguy]

5. Maybe they were worried about losing their tax exempt status.

[frogstar0]

6. Saying anything remotely gracious appears to be a sin.

Reading the article about the article, without reading the actual article, it appears to be that milid graciousness towards a Democrat is not to be tolerated. Seems to be part of the vicious political battle within the souther Baptists. These are the kind of people that will use god to justify anything.

[Norbert]

7. No in keeping with Messiah Shitzinpants worship.

[2naSalit]

9. Now there's an institution...

That needs to implode.

[SunSeeker]

10. You might want to update your OP. They retracted his firing!

Instead, the guy who tried to fire him is gone.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/us/brent-leatherwood-southern-baptist-convention/index.html

[Eugene]

11. Done and thanks.

I'm went for the more colorful headline for this AP story.

Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement