Daily Herald: Perspectives on the priesthood revelation
Originally posted on DarronSmith.com on 2004-10-04
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Excerpt from Daily Herald June 8, 2003
Darron Smith, co-editor of the forthcoming work "Blacks and Mormons: Race in an American Church, " suggests LDS leaders should step forward to clear the air. Smith, who is black, recently wrote:
"Blacks who do move toward Mormonism should not be made to feel that blackness is synonymous with curses, marks, or indifference. And this can be accomplished only by a formal repudiation, in no uncertain terms, of all teachings about Cain, the pre-mortal unworthiness of spirits born to black bodies, and any idea that skin color is connected to righteousness. "
archive.harktheherald.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=./pubfiles/prv/archive/2003/June/08/LocalCity/4521.xml
Excerpt from Daily Herald June 8, 2003
Darron Smith, co-editor of the forthcoming work "Blacks and Mormons: Race in an American Church, " suggests LDS leaders should step forward to clear the air. Smith, who is black, recently wrote:
"Blacks who do move toward Mormonism should not be made to feel that blackness is synonymous with curses, marks, or indifference. And this can be accomplished only by a formal repudiation, in no uncertain terms, of all teachings about Cain, the pre-mortal unworthiness of spirits born to black bodies, and any idea that skin color is connected to righteousness. "
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