Columbia Daily Spectator | 03/22/2012
As Mitt Romney’s status as the Republican presidential nominee is becoming more and more certain, Mormonism—Romney’s declared faith—is facing new scrutiny.
Last month, a comment in the Washington Post by a Brigham Young University professor prompted an official Mormon Church statement clarifying its position on the historical priesthood ban on African-Americans, which was lifted in 1978. “We condemn racism, including any and all past racism by individuals both inside and outside the Church,” the statement read.
Despite such assertions, the Harlem Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints still struggles with its image. Passersby have been verbally abusive to delegation members and graffitied the word “racist” on the building exterior.
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Naomi Cohen | journalist 