Southern Baptists have mixed view of Obama
Adnam G. Cooper
June 6, 2009
From the Associated Press:
Southern Baptists praised the election of President Barack Obama but said at their national meeting on Wednesday that they oppose his views on abortion and other social issues.

Leaders of the nation's largest Protestant denomination voted in favor of a resolution to "share our nation's pride" in Obama's historic victory.

"I think it would have actually been irresponsible for us not to speak to the election of the first African American president," said Daniel Akin, president of the Southeastern Baptist Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.

But Akin said Southern Baptists have "strong disagreement" with many of the new president's policies. The resolution decried Obama's support of abortion rights, embryonic stem-cell research and the reduction of funding for abstinence education.