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|L1=Response to claim: 291-293 - It was taught that the denial of priesthood to blacks was due to some behavior in the pre-existence
|L2=Response to claim: 294 - Blacks were said to be the descendants of Cain
|L3=Response to claim: 302 - Joseph Smith is said to have endorsed slavery
|L4=Response to claim: 303 - Slavery was accepted in Utah
|L5=Response to claim: 306 - Church leaders defended segregation
|L6=Response to claim: 312-314 - Brigham Young said that blacks would not receive the priesthood until all of Adam's other children received it
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==Response to claim: 291-293 - It was taught that the denial of priesthood to blacks was due to some behavior in the pre-existence==
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|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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It was taught that the denial of priesthoods to blacks was due to some behavior in the pre-existence.
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*Alma 3:6
*''Race Problems—As They Affect The Church'', Address by Mark E. Petersen at the Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, delivered at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 27, 1954"
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{{information|Some Church leaders taught that this was the reason for the priesthood ban, however, there is no revelation that states the actual reason.
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{{:Question: Was the idea that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven" ever official doctrine?}}

==Response to claim: 294 - Blacks were said to be the descendants of Cain==
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|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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Blacks were said to be the descendants of Cain.
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*''History of the Church'' 4:501
*''Mormon Doctrine'', 1958. p.102
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=7|disc=45|start=290}}
*''Mormon Doctrine'', 1958, p.477
*{{JDfairwiki|author=John Taylor|vol=22|disc=40|start=304}}
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{{misinformation|The authors fail to note that the so-called "Curse of Ham" was a Protestant invention used to justify the practice of slavery.
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{{:Source:Gospel Topics:Race and the Priesthood:2013:Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor}}
{{:Source:Gospel Topics:Race and the Priesthood:Even after 1852, at least two black Mormons continued to hold the priesthood}}
{{:Question: What are the "curse of Cain" and the "curse of Ham"}}
{{:Question: When did a biblical curse become associated with the "Hamites?"}}
{{:Question: When did the "mark of Cain" become associated with black skin?}}
{{:Question: How did the "curse of Ham" or "curse of Cain" become associated with Mormonism?}}
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|claim=Brigham Young said that the penalty for marrying a black person was "death."
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* {{SourceDistortion}}: [[Brigham Young/Race mixing punishable by death]]
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#{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=10|disc=25|start=110}}
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==Response to claim: 302 - Joseph Smith is said to have endorsed slavery==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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Joseph Smith is said to have endorsed slavery.
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*''History of the Church'' 2:436-38
*''History of the Church'' 3:29
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{{misinformation|Joseph's later position was definitely anti-slavery.
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{{:Question: Did Joseph Smith endorse slavery?}}

==Response to claim: 303 - Slavery was accepted in Utah==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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Slavery was accepted in Utah.
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*''Millennial Star'', 1851, p.63
*''New York Herald'', May 4, 1855, as cited in Dialogue, Spring 1973, p.56
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{{propaganda|Slavery was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and it took a war to end it. LDS scripture forbade slavery ({{s||Alma|27|9-10}}, {{s||D&C|101|79}}), but Latter-day Saints (like believers in every age) did not always live up to the light given them.  Those who practiced slavery during a historical time in which it was legal will have to answer to God's justice and mercy. The authors, however, apparently hope that readers will judge the Church or its members or leaders harshly.  This is a dangerous wish, since "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again" ({{b||Matthew|7|2}}).
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==Response to claim: 306 - Church leaders defended segregation==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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Church leaders defended segregation.
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*''Race Problems—As They Affect The Church'', an address delivered by Apostle Mark E. Petersen at Brigham Young University, August 27, 1954
*''Mormon Doctrine'', 1958, pp.107-8
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{{misinformation|The authors quote the first edition of ''Mormon Doctrine'', while ignoring that many Church leaders were displeased with it, and that a second edition had been released eleven years before their book was published. Some Protestant denominations&mdash;such as the SBC&mdash;were formed specifically to ''support'' slavery.
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==Response to claim: 312-314 - Brigham Young said that blacks would not receive the priesthood until all of Adam's other children received it==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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Brigham Young said that blacks would not received the priesthood until all of Adam's other children received it, otherwise the church would be destroyed.
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*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=7|disc=45|start=290|end=291}}
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=2|disc=26|start=143}}
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=11|disc=41|start=272}}
*Brigham Young Addresses, Ms d 1234, Box 48, folder 3, dated February 5, 1852, located in the LDS church historical dept.)."
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{{information|Brigham believe this to be true.
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{{:Question: Do Mormons consider their prophets to be infallible?}}
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* The authors again make a sweeping assertion with no evidence whatever.
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