The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest denomination of Protestant Christians in the United States, voted at an annual gathering last week to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization. Ruth Graham, who covers religion, faith and values for The New York Times, discusses the story behind the vote, the Republican scramble it prompted and what it could eventually mean for the rest of the country.
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Hardforce from the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the daily the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, voted at its annual gathering last week to condemn IVF fertility treatments.
Today, my colleague Ruth Graham on the story behind the vote, the republican scramble it prompted, and what it could eventually mean for the rest of the country.
Its Monday, June 17.
So, Ruth, you write about religion for the Times, and you were covering the big annual meeting of Southern Baptists last week, and they made a pretty big decision.
Tell us about it.
The Southern Baptist convention, it's the biggest protestant denomination in the United States.
They have almost 13 million members, more than 45,000 churches.
It's a huge group, and Southern Baptists know their political power, and they are basically a barometer of evangelical sentiment in the US.
You know, what they say kind of indicates what the typical evangelical cares about at any given moment.
And fun for reporters.
They all meet once a year in this giant gathering that any church can send delegates to.
The delegates are called messengers.
So this year, that meeting was in Indianapolis.
There were almost 11,000 messengers there in the convention center.