Mormonism’s racial history may hurt Romney

1 February 2012, 10:44 am

Mormonism’s racial history may hurt Romney By DANIEL BURKE Religion News Service Published Feb 3, 2012 12:52PM MDT Marvin Perkins says God led him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but friends advised otherwise. “Mormons, they’re prejudiced against blacks,” Perkins recalls being told. Until 1978, the LDS Church banned black men from its priesthood, a position open to nearly all ...... Read More »

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