Re: Secular folks should worry.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:25 pm
Is this civil society, MG?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interra ... day_Saints
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interra ... day_Saints
The church's attitude was reflected by past laws in Utah, where its members held a notable amount of political influence. In 1852, the Act in Relation to Service which allowed the enslavement of black people in Utah Territory was passed, and it also banned sexual intercourse between a white person and "any of the African race."[13]: 110 [14] That same day the Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners which allowed white Utah residents to enslave Native Americans was passed, however, it did not contain any provisions on sexual intercourse. In 1888, the government of Utah Territory, whose population was about 80% Mormon in 1880, passed an anti-miscegenation law. The law prohibited marriages between a "negro" and a "mongolian" (i.e. Asian person)[15]: 87 and a "white person".[2]: 60 In 1890, black individuals made up less than 0.3% of Utah's population of 210,000 people, Chinese individuals made up less than 0.4%, and Native Americans made up 1.6%.[13]: 112 In 1939, the two-thirds-Mormon majority[16] in the Utah State Legislature expanded the law so it would prohibit a white person from marrying a "Mongolian, a member of the malay race or a mulatto, quadroon, or octoroon."[2]: 67 However, unlike laws which existed in other states, Utah's law did not prohibit marriages between white people and Native American people.[13]: 106 The laws which banned interracial marriages remained in place until they were repealed by the Utah State Legislature in 1963.[13]: 129 [17]