SN&R > Columns > Sacreligious! > Southern Baptist sisters > 09.24.09:
"Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently resigned his membership in the Southern Baptist Convention after more than 60 years. He described the decision as “painful and difficult,” but also “unavoidable” after convention leaders declared that women should not be allowed to serve as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military, but should instead be “subservient to their husbands.”"
"Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently resigned his membership in the Southern Baptist Convention after more than 60 years. He described the decision as “painful and difficult,” but also “unavoidable” after convention leaders declared that women should not be allowed to serve as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military, but should instead be “subservient to their husbands.”"