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Blacks and Mormons; Religion's Track Record

Most thinking people, when considering whether or not they should listen to somoene, look to that person's track record.  Has that person been right (or wrong) before?  How wrong was that person?  Was the person wrong about a really big issue?Until very recently, Mormons discriminated against blacks.  If Mormons were wrong about blacks, how can you be sure they are right about gays?A few hundred years ago, nearly every American church supported slavery.A few centuries ago, Catholics (even the great defender of the rule of law, St. Thomas More) burned Lutherans at the stake.It seems like most mainstream religions have gotten some really big issues, really, really, really, really, really wrong.  That is, unless you think blacks should not be allowed in Temple, that people should be held in bondage, or that Lutherans should be burned at the stake...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 07, 2008 (boomark / email).