Speaking of candidates and race...

[jberryhill]

While we are waiting for "Obama's racist preacher" to be dug up and polished for a new election year, could someone remind me how many years Mitt Romney spent in an entire denomination that did not admit African-Americans (or Africans anywhere) to full membership?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. African-Americans were effectively excluded from the LDS church until 1978.

Mormons believe that any male "head of household" qualifies as a priest in the church - except that up until 1978, no black person was allowed to be a priest, so they were essentially excluded.

Romney was 31 in 1978.

[TxVietVet]

2. mormonism: America's homegrown religion

continously has to change doctrine to fit into our American culture. They don't like to hear that, but that's what they do. They keep trying to hide the fact their founder Joseph Smith was a "huckster". Scam artist.

Read "The Mormon Murder" by Naifeh and Smith.

Gives a good look into the mormon world and how they try to hide documents that show the goofy side of mormonism, America's homegrown religion.

[EffieBlack]

3. Stop calling Mitt Romney a racist!!!

:sarcasm: