At Picnic for Black Mormons, No Sign of Church’s Biased Past (NY Times Mormon Hate on Cue)

NY Times ^ | 6/11/11 | Mark Oppenheimer

[Titus-Maximus]

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — On Christmas Day in 1964, the day before Darius A. Gray was to be baptized as a Mormon, he learned that the church would not allow a black man, like him, to be in the priesthood.

“I was not amused,” Mr. Gray recalled with a rueful smile.

It was last Saturday, and we were sitting with about 300 other Mormons, including dozens of children, at the annual picnic of the Genesis Group, a social organization for black Mormons and their friends. Some were Latino or American Indian, and nearly half were white, the parents and siblings of adopted black children. It was the most racially integrated church event I had ever attended.

Having been introduced to Mormonism by kindly white neighbors in his hometown of Colorado Springs, the teenage Darius read his way through much of the scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He had no idea about the racist church policy. His newfound faith was badly shaken.

“I went home and prayed,” Mr. Gray said. “And I received a personal revelation, an inspiration from God: ‘This is the restored Gospel, and you are to join.’ So the next day, I entered into the waters of baptism. Then the next day I went to church as a member for the first time.” And a little girl addressed him using a certain racial epithet. That was a first, too.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You forgot the exclamation points!!!!!

[svcw]

Chances are that they (radical islam) would trample the LDS faith under their faith had they the power to do so.

You might be correct if mormons and muslims were not partnering together for a variety of issues. This partnership has been growing quite rapidly over the last 15 years.

[Osage Orange]

Why are you still here then?

[svcw]

No answer no proof.....why am I not surprised.

[svcw]

I have an idea, don’t enter the religion forum.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So anybody who believes in freedom of religion must be a Mormon, eh?

Bizarre. But you probably get that a lot.

[svcw]

You win. I have know idea what you are talking about.

[svcw]

You win. I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Graybeard58]

Catholic parochial school, Dominican nuns, Jesuit high school.

If you're still Catholic, mormonism calls your church, "The great whore of Babylon" and your church recognizes mormonism as a cult.

[Colofornian]

So anybody who believes in freedom of religion must be a Mormon, eh?...

Jesuit high school [post #115]

Wow! It's historical fact that of all the segments of Catholicism that was harshest vs. the Reformers & Protestants it was the Jesuits.

Did you preach your "freedom of religion" message to the Jesuits about their own counter-reformation history?

[Elsie]

Is it WORKING yet?

[Elsie]

Quite the hater, aren't you?

Is it WORKING yet?

[Elsie]

I believe in freedom of religion. Simple as that.

You believe in....

HMMmm...

And you do not LIKE his belief; eh?

[Elsie]

I don't read psychopath

You DONB'T??

You had ME fooled; for you TYPE it quite well!

[Elsie]

...for you TYPE it quite well!

(In case you've forgotten)

sO yOu AdMiT yOu DoN't BeLiEvE iN FrEeDoM oF rElIgIon.

[Elsie]

Catholic parochial school, Dominican nuns, Jesuit high school.

Could you please translate your sentence fragments into complete, intelligible English language sentences? How did you get ANY sense out of what was typed?

[Graybeard58]

Could you please translate your sentence fragments into complete, intelligible English language sentences? How did you get ANY sense out of what was typed?

You'd have to ask the O.P., I just quoted him.......verbatim.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You DONB'T??

What kind of psychopath word is that?

I can just see your eyes bugging out and spittle coming out of the side of your mouth as you pound the keyboard.

[MHGinTN]

Are you trying to make it personal?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mr. Elsie personally attacks Mormons.

You have no problem with that?

I believe in freedom of religion. Mr. Elsie believes in cut-and-pasting hateful anti-Mormon screeds.

Do you believe Mormons have a right to be Mormons if they want to be?

Mr. Elsie doesn't.