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markpkessinger

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4. Actually, prior to 1978 . . .

Reply to Hugabear (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 08:24 PM

Jan 2012

. . . Mormons did not allow blacks into the Mormon priesthood (by which Mormons mean all adult males who are fully accepted into their church).

It is one of the things hilariously pointed out in the song "I believe," from the Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon" (written by the same guys who write "South Park&quot .

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