The Mormon Church has revised scriptures that were previously used to justify a ban on black men serving within the church. A new edition of the scriptures was released on March 1 now mentions that Mormon prophet Joseph Smith ordained black ministers in his time, redacting years of anti-black and pro-slavery messages supported by the [...]
Myth of Obama as Muslim and Foreigner Persists in AP Poll
October 29, 2012 | Posted by
After four years of a Barack Obama presidency, 18 percent of the public polled by the Associated Press still say the president is Muslim, compared to just 28 percent who correctly identify his religion as Protestant. The percentage who said Obama was Muslim actually rose one point, from 17 to 18 percent, since the AP [...]
Jabari Parker Narrows His List Down To 5
October 6, 2012 | Posted by
Jabari Parker, considered the top high school player in the country in many circles, still has not made a college choice, but he did cut down his prospects to five: BYU, Duke, Stanford, Florida and Michigan State. “He thought about it and looked at the programs. That’s the five he had,” Simeon coach Robert Smith [...]
Denzel Washington Talks Whitney Houston, Drugs and Politics in GQ Mag
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
Denzel Washington is the newest face on the cover of GQ Magazine and he admitted that he believed Whitney Houston’s death should serve as a lesson. “It’s more of an example to me or the rest of us to keep it together. I was listening to her song ‘I Look to You.’ It’s prophetic,” Washington [...]
Mia Love: A New Face For The GOP
August 30, 2012 | Posted by
Mia Love – A bright new star is shining across the land, after Mia Love’s widely hailed speech on center stage at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. Love, the mayor of Sarasota Springs, Utah, is a black female Mormon running for Congress in Utah. Republicans are hoping that the telegenic Love has the [...]
Only Half of Americans in Poll Say Obama Is Christian
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
Even though President Obama has been the occupant of the White House for four years and he was slammed intensely by the press and Republicans for months in 2008 because of his connection to a black pastor some considered too extreme—Rev. Jeremiah Wright—only half of Americans in a Pew Center poll correctly identified the president [...]
Mia Love The Uncommon Congressional Candidate; Black and Mormon
May 22, 2012 | Posted by
Mia Love is unlike any Congressional candidate ever — she is African-American, she is Mormon, and she is conservative. Republicans have deemed her race in Utah’s newly drawn 4th district one of the top ten most important races in the country, vowing to spare no expense to get her to Congress. If she wins, Love [...]
