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Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:19 pm
by _Buffalo
But the "priesthood ban" wasn't about racism. :)
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:28 pm
by _Willy Law
I just heard that on the new ME podcast on my way to work. Is this documented anywhere?
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:54 pm
by _ldsfaqs
That is simply FALSE.....
The Priesthood is not required to pray in Church, and never was.
Blacks prayed all the time. Not only that, but they were leaders in the Church in positions that didn't require the Priesthood.
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:59 pm
by _Darth J
ldsfaqs wrote:That is simply FALSE.....
The Priesthood is not required to pray in Church, and never was.
Blacks prayed all the time. Not only that, but they were leaders in the Church in positions that didn't require the Priesthood.
That is right. Black men before 1978 were in no worse a position in the Church than women are today. The Church is neither racist nor gender-racist.
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:04 pm
by _Darth J
To help those unfamiliar with the Church understand where everyone stands relative to each other:
White men (only ones ever to be in the top 15)---->adult men generally--->adolescent boys---->adult females/pre-1978 adult black men--->children in Primary or nursery--->gays
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:07 pm
by _Jaybear
Darth J wrote:That is right. Black men before 1978 were in no worse a position in the Church than women are today. The Church is neither racist nor gender-racist.
Could black men marry in the temple prior to 78?
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:09 pm
by _Darth J
Jaybear wrote:Darth J wrote:That is right. Black men before 1978 were in no worse a position in the Church than women are today. The Church is neither racist nor gender-racist.
Could black men marry in the temple prior to 78?
No.
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:12 pm
by _Willy Law
Jaybear wrote:Darth J wrote:That is right. Black men before 1978 were in no worse a position in the Church than women are today. The Church is neither racist nor gender-racist.
Could black men marry in the temple prior to 78?
I can see the church's rational in not allowing black men to marry in the temple since you need the priesthood to go through and take out your own endowment, but what was the rational for not allowing black women to marry in the temple?
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:15 pm
by _Darth J
Willy Law wrote:
I can see the church's rational in not allowing black men to marry in the temple since you need the priesthood to go through and take out your own endowment, but what was the rational for not allowing black women to marry in the temple?
It would mean they were marrying white men. Duh!
Re: Blacks weren't allowed to pray in church
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:30 pm
by _Buffalo
Darth J wrote:Willy Law wrote:
I can see the church's rational in not allowing black men to marry in the temple since you need the priesthood to go through and take out your own endowment, but what was the rational for not allowing black women to marry in the temple?
It would mean they were marrying white men. Duh!
And of course, they couldn't do baptisms for the dead or enter the temple for any other reason either. But the church wasn't racist. :)