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SALT LAKE CITY --- Thirty years have passed, but Heber G. Wolsey still cries when he recalls the day the Mormon church abandoned a policy that had kept black men out of the priesthood.
Until 1978, black men could attend priesthood meetings but could not pass sacraments or give blessings, even on their own families. They could not enter Mormon temples for sacred ceremonies, including marriage
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This makes me wonder why the Mormons had ANY non-white people in their church before 1978. I mean, is heaven so real to these people, and were they so totally sure that the Mormon way was the ONLY way to get there that they would put up with such abuse?
Posted on June 9, 2008 8:09 PM
I'm a little confused here. What is there about this article that justifies the headline?
Posted on June 10, 2008 7:51 AM
Perhaps that the attitudes of the Mormon church are evolving?
Posted on June 10, 2008 8:28 AM