Well, it was different in San Jose. We had huge protests. I don't remember if we won or not, but my ex made the front page of the San Jose Mercury for being a leader of one protest.
We were also very involved in the civil rights movement and especially supporting Eugene Mccarthy, gays and sexual liberation..
And I still think protesting was the right thing to do.
Don't you think the African America community was grateful to see white kids fighting for their dignity? I know they were.
Our protests were the reason the Mormon church got NEW (lol) instructions from god that Blacks were no longer being denied the priesthood based on their race. There is no doubt in my mind.
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>The NAAWP, like David Duke, has tried to hide its hate, but its racist and anti-Semitic views, like those of its founder, are evident. NAAWP News, the group's newsletter, has regularly published articles with titles like "Anti-Semitism is normal for people seeking to control their own destiny"; "Jewish control of the media is the single most dangerous threat to Christianity," and "Why most Negroes are criminals."
On the closed "Al Sharpton" thread I was asked for a reference on my claim that GBH has stated, on the record, that past LDS racism was not wrong.
From an interview on Australian Television at
http://www.abc.net.au/compass/intervs...
A little over half way down the page.
Interview of GBH by David Ransom. Aired: November 09, 1997
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RB: Now up until 1978 I understand Blacks were not allowed to be priests in your Church?
GBH: That is correct. Although we have Black members of the Church. They felt that they would gain more in this Church than any other with which they were acquainted and they were members of the Church. In 1978 we (the president of the Church) received a revelation under which all worthy men would receive all the blessings of the Church available to them as well as to any others. So across the world now we are teaching the Gospel to Blacks, Whites, everyone else who will listen.
RB: So in retrospect WAS THE CHURCH WRONG IN THAT?
GBH: NO I DON'T THINK IT WAS WRONG. It things, various things happened in different periods. There’s a reason for them.
RB: WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT?
GBH: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON WAS. But I know that we’ve rectified whatever may have appeared to be wrong at that time.
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