Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 518) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 518 Whereas the Southern Baptist Convention formed in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, in opposition to the abolition of slavery; Whereas the Southern Baptist Convention supported racial segregation for much of the twentieth century; Whereas the Southern Baptist Convention issued a resolution stating that the Convention sought to purge itself and society of all racism in 1978; Whereas the Southern Baptist Convention issued a resolution denouncing racism as a deplorable sin in 1995; Whereas, in 2012, the Southern Baptist Convention is a cooperative of more than 45,000 churches that seek diligently to bring about greater racial and ethnic representation at every level of Southern Baptist institutional life; Whereas Reverend Fred Luter, Jr., was born on November 11, 1956, in New Orleans, Louisiana; Whereas Reverend Luter preached his first church sermon in 1983 at the Law Street Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana; Whereas Reverend Luter became the pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in 1986; Whereas, under the leadership of Reverend Luter, t…”