Are Southern Baptists Ceding Ground in Natural Marriage Debate?

By: American Decency Staff

A Pew survey, released just this month, reveals that an overwhelming majority of Democrats (69 percent) approve of unnatural marriage. However, only 39 percent of Republicans do. Pew also breaks those numbers down further by age group. 61 percent of Republicans aged 18-29 approve of unnatural marriage, and 43 percent of those aged 30-49 approve.

So, what kind of Republican presidential candidate can we expect in 2016? Will the GOP field a candidate who takes a strong stance in favor of biblical marriage, or will they try to dupe a majority of their conservative voting bloc by opting for a deceptive, nuanced stance? In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, Byron York writes that “a hint came this week, not from a politician, but from a leading evangelical.”

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