WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention adopted resolutions in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976 calling attention to the problems involved in the use of alcohol as a beverage, such as its effect on the body, advertisement, and its drug-like effect,
Be it therefore RESOLVED, that we, the messengers of the 1978 session of the Southern Baptist Convention, reaffirm our historic position as opposing any use of alcohol as a beverage, and
Be it further RESOLVED, that we, the messengers of the 1978 session of the Southern Baptist Convention, reaffirm our historic position as opposing any use of alcohol as a beverage, and
Be it further RESOLVED, that we urge the Congress of the United States to pass laws prohibiting the advertising of any kind of alcoholic beverage on television and radio, and
Be it further RESOLVED, that we urge the surgeon-general of the United States to declare that alcoholic beverages are a hazard to health, and
Be it finally RESOLVED, that we request our recording secretary to send copies of this resolution to all state Baptist conventions of the Southern Baptist Convention, to all members of the United States Congress, to the surgeon-general of the United States, to the Food and Drug Administration of the United States and to the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare.