Posted on 03/12/2012 12:59:45 PM PDT by Colofornian
...Rev. O'Neal Dozier...sharply criticized the Mormon religion...
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...if Romney's the nominee, "I could not find it in my heart to vote for him. And I certainly would not vote for [President Barack] Obama. There are many people out there who feel the way I feel."
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He quoted repeatedly from the Book of Mormon and from writings of the prophet Brigham Young to back up his assertions that the church, formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, is racist.
He said the writings accuse "God of cursing African people and causing them to have black skin in order for them not to be attractive to white people. These verses also accuse God of causing the black African people of being disgusting, detestable to white people . [and] further degrades black, African people by saying they are uncultured, unattractive, unpleasant, lowlife, wild and unintelligent."
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"Because the Republican Party would be viewed as a racist political party. Romney's nomination would cause the erroneous view that has long existed in the minds of black people that the Republican Party is prejudiced to become a reality. Why? Because Romney will become the face and the leader of the Republican Party.
Dozier appeared...with signs he said depicted the top leaders of the Mormon Church. Of 104 faces on the chart, only one is black.
"The civil rights movement happened about 50 years ago. African-Americans are leaders in every facet of American culture and society. But the Mormon Church does not look like it has ever heard of the civil rights movement "
"The Mormon Church looks like a white man's country club with a few black people running around doing work around the club. That's what it looks like. Is this the kind of racism we want guiding our country."...
(Excerpt) Read more at weblogs.sun-sentinel.com ...
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