From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Discussion around abortion peaked in the mid-1990s, which is right about the same time that topics concerning homosexuality were being discussed with greater frequency.
47% : In the early years after the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, many resolutions that discussed abortion also contained the word "women."
37% : In the 1970s, the annual meeting began to turn to concerns about abortion and how that affected women in the United States.
35% : But in the last 10 years, there's clear evidence that the classic culture war issues of abortion and homosexuality have faded.
34% : What became clear was that many of the "bread and butter" culture war issues that fueled the SBC 20 years ago - such as abortion and homosexuality - have faded and been replaced by a new set of issues that seem to be furthering the divide between conservatives and more moderate members of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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