In the 1663 charter of the State of Rhode Island, Baptist colonist Roger Williams wrote these words:

“No person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be in any wise molested, punished, disquieted or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion, and who do not actually disturb the civil peace of our said colony; but that all may fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments.”

And yet, Southern Baptists have a group of trustees at the International Mission Board who would silence any dissent and/or threaten the dismissal of those who express ojections of conscience to policies and narrow doctrinal parameters.

Leaves one wondering: Just how Baptist is the Southern Baptist Convention