LDS Racism?? Eh...

[The Fourth Nephite]

OK, I'm sick of hearing about LDS racism because of the former priesthood ban for blacks.

What's worse?

A- 150 years of not allowing blacks to hold the priesthood.

B- 200+ years of slavery, torture, barbarism, etc.

It's a no-brainer. Obviously A is LDS, but B is Baptists and Catholics and a whole buncha other churches that supported slavery. Compared to them, the LDS church was downright liberal and tolerant.

[RockyBalboa]

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[All-American]

OK, I'm sick of hearing about LDS racism because of the former priesthood ban for blacks.

What's worse?

A- 150 years of not allowing blacks to hold the priesthood.

B- 200+ years of slavery, torture, barbarism, etc.

It's a no-brainer. Obviously A is LDS, but B is Baptists and Catholics and a whole buncha other churches that supported slavery. Compared to them, the LDS church was downright liberal and tolerant.

Utah was a slave territory, you know. Mormons voted to make it a slave territory.

[byu71]

Anybody have the ability to block SU from seeing this thread?

[The Fourth Nephite]

Utah was a slave territory, you know. Mormons voted to make it a slave territory.

I can't imagine that there were more than a handful of mormon-owned slaves in Utah, or anywhere for that matter.

The 1850 Census listed 26 slaves in Utah and it looks like 11 of them were owned by non-mormons.

[Jarid in Cedar]

OK, I'm sick of hearing about LDS racism because of the former priesthood ban for blacks.

What's worse?

A- 150 years of not allowing blacks to hold the priesthood.

B- 200+ years of slavery, torture, barbarism, etc.

It's a no-brainer. Obviously A is LDS, but B is Baptists and Catholics and a whole buncha other churches that supported slavery. Compared to them, the LDS church was downright liberal and tolerant.

Good to see we are the "Cream of the Crap".

[il Padrino Ute]

Good to see we are the "Cream of the Crap".

Very nice.

[The Fourth Nephite]

I'm not saying that it was great or anything. I'm just saying that the Church gets a lot of flack but other religions were much worse when it came to slavery but that has largely been forgotten by society.

[TripletDaddy]

I can't imagine that there were more than a handful of mormon-owned slaves in Utah, or anywhere for that matter.

The 1850 Census listed 26 slaves in Utah and it looks like 11 of them were owned by non-mormons.

It is much like Utah leading the country in google search terms like "pornography" and "lingerie."

Most of the searches are being done by non-mormons living in liberal SLC and Park City, I bet.

[All-American]

I can't imagine that there were more than a handful of mormon-owned slaves in Utah, or anywhere for that matter.

The 1850 Census listed 26 slaves in Utah and it looks like 11 of them were owned by non-mormons.

Makes you wonder why Mormons voted to keep slavery legal in Utah, doesn't it?

[The Fourth Nephite]

Makes you wonder why Mormons voted to keep slavery legal in Utah, doesn't it?

Maybe for the same reason they voted for prohibition.

Now, geez, I'm not saying Mormons from 100 years ago weren't racist. All I'm saying is that as far as racist church members go, Mormons aren't even in the top 10.

[wuapinmon]

1978 Dude.....1978. I was five. 1978.

That's why.

[byu71]

1978 Dude.....1978. I was five. 1978.

That's why.

but, even for those who considered it racism, like the other churches the practice no longer exists. Why can't people let it go.

[Jarid in Cedar]

1978 Dude.....1978. I was five. 1978.

That's why.

Great point Wuap.

No one is denying the racism of the entire country through the course of our history, but when others were starting to figure it out, the LDS church was still stuck in 1920.

[The Fourth Nephite]

1978 Dude.....1978. I was five. 1978.

That's why.

I still think denying the priesthood to all until 1978 is much less horrible than enslaving, torturing and killing many until 1860 something. And it only stopped then because of a government ban. Not only that, racism was institutionalized in many parts of the country through the 1960s and beyond. We're talking lynchings, civil rights violations, murders, rapes, etc. that were very common in the south.

So when it comes down to it, were talking a difference of, what, 10 years? 15?