Those following my critique of the Paige Patterson affair, SWBTS, and the SBC, will not be surprised at who is showing up at their gathering this week:

Pence to visit Dallas for speech at Southern Baptist Convention meeting

And this is why I keep harping about SBC issues (from Patterson to Mohler to creationism, etc.)

Trump is not the cause, but the symptom.

The cause is atavistic religious activism.