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May 25, 2013 | 11:43 PM
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Southern Baptists

  Fred Luter, Pastor of the Franklin Ave. Baptist Church in New Orleans, right, wipes away tears as he is elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, at the convention in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Luter is the first African-American to be elected president of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Right is current president Bryant Wright. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Fred Luter, Pastor of the Franklin Ave. Baptist Church in New Orleans, right, wipes away tears as he is elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, at the convention in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Luter is the first African-American to be elected president of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Right is current president Bryant Wright. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)