Thursday, June 08, 2023

Mormons ended all discrimination against black Americans 45 years ago

So much for white supremacy, structural racism in America and all this other related nonsense and demagoguery!

"This week represents the 45th anniversary of the end of the church policy that barred Black members from entering the priesthood or temples for nearly 130 years." (Source)

"... In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood, though thereafter blacks continued to join the Church through baptism and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. ..."

Race and the Priesthood

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