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Whether one interprets this as the promise of an immediate act by God or a call for the immediate death penalty, it's a harsh condemnation of interracial couples. |
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Whether one interprets this as the promise of an immediate act by God or a call for the immediate death penalty, it's a harsh condemnation of interracial couples. It's important to note that the Journal of Discourses is not accepted as an official source of church doctrine, and that this statement has never been recognized as the stance of the church. |
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And a relatively modern Prophet, Spencer W. Kimball, believed that after accepting the Gospel, dark skinned people would be made white, a process that would take place over a number of generations. After visiting a mission site in South America, he said in his General Conference Report of October, 1960, which was published in Improvement Era, December 1960, pp 922-923: |
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It's also significant that the church always allowed black membership in all its congregations, and taught that they were entitled to the same blessings in heaven as all people. A relatively modern Prophet, Spencer W. Kimball, believed that after accepting the Gospel, dark skinned people would be made white, a process that would take place over a number of generations. After visiting a mission site in South America, he said in his General Conference Report of October, 1960 (quite a number of years before he became the president of the church), which was published in Improvement Era, December 1960, pp 922-923: |
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In 1978 the church began ordaining black men to the priesthood, citing a revelation from God. |
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In 1978 the church began ordaining black men to the priesthood, citing a revelation from God received by the same Spencer Kimball, who was by then President of the church. |