Southern Baptists condemn display of Confederate flag

[wyldwolf]

Calling on people to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag, the Southern Baptist Convention today offered some of the strongest criticism yet of the banner by a major conservative religious group.

The group overwhelmingly approved a resolution at its annual conference saying that the flag is perceived by many as a symbol of “hatred, bigotry and racism” and asking people to take it down.

“We call on our brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of solidarity of the whole body of Christ, including our African American brothers and sisters,” the resolution said.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/baptists-condemn-display-of-confederate-flag/nrgN2/

[CanonRay]

1. They finally got up to 1866!

Good job guys!

[struggle4progress]

2. Good

[Bucky]

3. The bad news is that they plan to remove the flags with a barrage of AK-47 fire