One of Aesop’s fables is making itself known within the ranks of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC). In the fable there is a little boy that became bored watching sheep and wanted to amuse himself. This little boy decided if he would cry wolf then all of the people would come running to fight back the wolf. When the people from the village came running up the hill there was no wolf, only the little boy laughing at the people. The people told the little boy not to yell wolf unless there really was a wolf but the little boy did not listen and cried; “Wolf! Wolf!” again. When the village people came back and found no wolf the little boy was warned again not to cry wolf unless there really was a wolf. The little boy was amused that the people would come running just at the cry of “Wolf!” After a while the little boy saw a wolf prowling around the sheep and he cried wolf, but the people did not come. When the time passed that the little boy was to return with the sheep the village people came to find him. They found him crying and the sheep scattered.
In the past annual convention in November, 2011 there was a resolution that came to the floor of the convention from Jim Jacumin, messenger from the Board of Directors (BoD). It seemed strange that this resolution was not presented through the Resolutions Committee instead of the BoD. However, it was presented to the convention and passed unanimously. As one reads the resolution the second “Be it Further Resolved” saiys it all:
“…the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina endorses the proposed Marriage Amendment to the North Carolina Constitution;”
