Young, Chapman Meet with Clinton, Gore

                                                                                                                                                                      Vol. VI, No. 8, October 1993

President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore held a 1:40 meeting 16 Sep. with four SBC ministers, including the SBC president and the president of the SBC executive committee, where disagreements on moral issues were expressed but a desire for further discussion was voiced by both parties. "We talked about areas where we as Southern Baptists strongly disagree with the president and the vice-president," Young said. "We are pro-life. We are deeply concerned about the gay agenda, and the perception that the president and his administration have totally endorsed pro-choice, have endorsed the homosexual lifestyle ... Scripture was used." Despite the subject matter of some of the meeting, both Clinton and Gore seemed grateful. "We were able to have a congenial conversation, although it included disagreement," said Chapman, who led in expressing Southern Baptists' concerns over the president's policies on abortion and homosexuality.