they ended the practice of plural marriage. in 1918 began redeeming the dead. in 1978 the church begin admitting african-americans into the priesthood. these are meaningful changes but other practices and traditions of the church have remained firmly in place. women are not allowed in the mormon priesthood. all mormon priests are men and actually in the mormon tradition all men are eligible, but not women. some people want to change that. but church leaders are emphatically not interested in that change. on monday, the lds church went so far as to ex-communicate this woman, kate kelly. a feminist, a mormon and a founder of the group ordain women. she s organized protesters in hundreds of women protests the church general priesthood meeting in salt lake city, utah. the meetings are only open to priests, that is, only open to men. in the protests, the women lined up in mass to attend the
because more people are able to get engaged in the presidency and the money isn t focused on just a few states, so i think it s a positive overall. thank you very much, karen finney and chip statten. a major shift in the church, allowing black men to join the priesthood. it was on nbc news with john chancellor. reporter: the mormon church today changed a rule which has existed for almost 150 years. in salt lake city, the church said black men may now be admitted to the mormon priesthood. spencer campbell, the president of the church, said god had answered his prayers, that he had received a direct revelation from god on this matter which is the way that changes occur in the mormon church. back in 1978, the mormon church had 4 million members around the world. today it has 6 million members in the u.s., about 14 million worldwide. the priesthood is still reserved
the devil. not even the boogeyman. devil. president of the united states. okay. wow. bootsie collins has a religious following. chris is hilarious. some of what he said isn t funny. there are several passages new mexico book of mormon that deems black people as cursed. they became a dark and loathsome and a filthy people full of idleness and all manner of adom my nations. african-americans were not allowed to fully participate in the mormon priesthood until 1978. they banned black people from ceremonies from the highest heaven. mitt romney said he he felt on meet the press back in 2007. i can remember when i heard about the change being made. i heard it on the raid ydio and
of a sort of playbook that he does in a more subtle way, but it is all of the same thing. do we want to get into what mitt romney said in the pew in church all of those years until 1978 when he heard what was and he called up sean and said, you opened up the religious issue, and that is not smart. and he said that black people are cursed and cannot be in the mormon priesthood because they carry the curse of cain. and you know, why would he want to open up that book? i don t think he would. i don t think he should. it will not help him. he has to pander to both sides of the equation in that one statement. well, what bugs me is that he does not believe in american exceptionalism, and this president does look to the rest of the world not as evil and notion and it is part of the world we live in, but nobody has been more poetic about this country when he says nowhere in this country is it possible for someone like me. and this is a consistent theme for mitt romney.
do we want to get into what mitt romney said in the poulis inning in church all of those years until 1978 when he heard what was and he called up sean and said, you opened up the religious issue, and that is not smart. and he said that black people are cursed and cannot be in the mormon priesthood because they carry the curse of cain. and you know, why would he want to open up that book? i don t think he would. i don t i th t think he shou. it will not help him. he has to pander to both sides of the equation in that one statement. well, what bugs me is that he does not believe in american exceptionalism, and this president does look to the rest of the world not as evil and roton and it is part of the world we live in, but nobody has been more poetic about this country when he says nowhere in this country is it possible for someone like me. and this is a consistent theme for mitt romney.