When Mormon 'Prophet' and second President of the Church, Brigham Young, spoke in 1863 the following was also said:
"Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God is death on the spot. This will always be so."
(Journal of Discourses, Vo. 10, p. 110)
August 27, 1954 in an address at Brigham Young University (BYU), Mormon Elder, Mark E. Peterson, in speaking to a convention of teachers of religion at the college level, said:
Sometime before the 'revelation' came to chief 'Prophet' Spencer Kimball in June 1978, General Authority, Bruce R. McConkie had said:
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Your post #6 could have come from Southern Baptists of the same era. Also might I remind you that many Christian sects used to - and some still do - ban women from serving as pastors/priests.
The article in question is about a sinful lustful man who - thank God Almighty - apparently got caught. It is not about race relations of the past.
By the way, I admire the way his family is handling this.