Race, folklore and Mormon doctrine

By Nathan B. Oman

Published: Wednesday, Feb. 29 2012 2:52 p.m. MST

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By now the notion that we are in the midst of a Mormon moment is cliched, although if Rick Santorum continues to threaten Mitt Romney in the GOP primaries, the public focus on the Latter-day Saints could fade.

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AlphaSmith

LINDON, UT

Nice article, Nathan. Well done.

"God has always been discriminatory."

Bott was right about that. I've been a member all my life and I can't have the priesthood. I'm a girl.

3:44 p.m. Feb. 29, 2012
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Thinkman

Provo, UT

Bruce R and Jeffrey Holland both understate what is patently obvious.

The policy of not giving black men the priesthood, nor allowing black women entrance into the temple wasn't misunderstood or inadequate. The policy was racist, pure and More..

5:35 p.m. Feb. 29, 2012
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barndog48

AMERICAN FORK, UT

The fact is that the LDS church did not allow persons of African descent to hold the priesthood prior to 1978. If brother Bott was bringing up old reasons for the ban that brother Holland and others regard as folklore, then please tell us what was More..

8:28 p.m. Feb. 29, 2012
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