A Sit-In: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Given the emphasis evangelical Christianity places on refraining from “tampering” or medically manipulating a developing fetus, Albert Mohler’s comments several weeks ago were that much more disconcerting. Through his personal website, Mohler (president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) conceded that were a biological “cause” for homosexuality to be discovered, “treatment” of the unborn child to prevent adulthood same-sex attraction would be a parent’s moral obligation. In effect, this is eugenics—the concerted effort to eliminate a group of people through a variety of measures.

Immediately after publishing these statements, Mohler received sharp criticism from a variety of human rights and LGBT organizations. Surprisingly, he also faced heat from many conservative Christians for implying that there even could be a biological cause for homosexuality.

Originally Union University was slated to be our stop after Mississippi College, but given Mohler’s inflammatory and bigoted remarks, we decided that SBTS was the place we needed to be. Our mission was quite simple—hold a sit-in at the seminary until Mohler recanted his statement and made a public apology.

We arrived that morning at about ten am, hustling quickly off of the bus and towards the campus’ main building which housed Mohler’s office. We didn’t know what to expect. Ultimately, twelve of us were arrested and spent the better part of the day in jail.

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