The R Rated Blogger

Rod 2.0 has an interesting little point about presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Romney is a Mormon, a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint.

From approximately 1849 until exactly 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not allow men of African descent to be ordained to the priesthood.

The church policy has been that the Lord had placed two successive curses on the Black race. First, the Curse Of Cain (the black skin), and a second later curse, the Curse Of Ham, which was used to justify slavery.

This ban was lifted in 1978, when Romney was 31 years old. At 31, Romney was well into adulthood and clearly aware of what is right and what is wrong. So between the ages of 18 to 31, Romney was an active member and an elder in a church that had a racist belief.

You can basically make this argument for most religions. But something that needs to be pointed out about a man that is running for the most powerful office in the world.