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 Brigham Young wore many Hats. He had to make a determination during the Debates on Slavery in regards to which side Utah would take. In 1832, Elijah Ables, was called as the first African American priesthood holder by Joseph Smith to be a Seventy. Shortly after that, they were cast out of Missouri for wanting to abolish slavery. When the Saints started their journey out west in 1847, an African American convert named William McCrary began practicing Polygamy and taken on multiple white women as wives. But that wasn’t the reason for his excommunication. Things got really ugly he when started claiming to be a prophet while Brigham Young was away on a political trip to Washington DC to discuss Utah’s statehood. By the time he came back Orson Pratt had taken a decision to excommunicate McCrary. This is the beginning of the priesthood restriction on African Americans. There was no official D&C on the ban and it was not a revelation from God and therefore, racism must be condemned. ...

Is God's love infinite even when I sin? Elder T Christofferson receives revelation on the question and is led to the following scripture in Hebrews 12:  6 For whom the Lord loveth he  a chasteneth, and scourgeth every  son whom he receiveth . 7 If ye  a endure  b chastening, God dealeth with you as with  c sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Video of the full talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRF0SJwJRo

1835 D&C 101:  https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/.../doctrine-and.../259 "Inasmuch as this church of Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication, and polygamy: we declare that we believe, that one man  should have one wife; and one woman, but one husband, except in case of death, when either is at liberty to marry again." Brigham Young removed it from Utah LDS group D&C in 1875 “I commenced revising the history of Joseph Smith at Brother Richard’s office: Elder Heber C. Kimball and George A. Smith were with me.” Brigham Young -History of the Church 7:389 Have you seen examples of the corrupted Utah LDS church under polygamist Brigham Young trying to change the church history? It is literally right there for all to clearly see. Here is a quick example of Oct 5, 1843 where they changed what Joseph said entirely!: Joseph Smith's journal entry - Noting that Joseph forbids the practice of plural marriage (handwriting – Williard Richards)  https://www.josep...