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Old 12-13-2007, 03:38 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
Do you want a list?

1. comments from prophet(s) over the pulpit that were overtly racists
2. comments from prophet not over pulpit but publicy made overtly racist
3. doctrines espoused with no basis in reality, overtly racist (multitude of shifting doctrines used to justify denying blacks the priesthood)

"that's in the past" just doesn't cut it.
Give me one quote that at the time the prophet made the quote would have been considered overtly racist.

Remember, I don't buy the argument that everyone who opposed the civil rights bill was a racist. Some people thought it could be done a different way.
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