Do mormons believe in interracial marriage

A revelation in the Doctrine and Covenants states: "Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else. Nor should he counsel a person to divorce his or her spouse. Those decisions must originate and remain with the individual. When a marriage ends in divorce, or if a husband and wife separate, they should always receive counseling from Church leaders.

Each year has been a lesson in faith and doubt, stretching and engaging what it means to be black, a woman, and Mormon. The decision to join on my own was not an easy one. As the child of a Protestant mother and a father who converted to Islam in his teens, I was doing something unheard of in my family by becoming a Mormon. And as a black woman, I had a heightened awareness of what it means to potentially be the only black person in any given congregation in the United States. As a child, I watched as preachers in my congregation espoused their deepest beliefs about God. They spoke to the horrors faced by black people in the United States in their dealings in life and death.

See also: Mormonism and slavery and History of slavery in Utah The church's attitude was reflected in past Utah laws where its members held a notable amount of political influence. In the Act in Relation to Service allowing the enslavement of black people in Utah was passed, which also banned sexual intercourse between a white person and "any of the African race. Asian person [12] and a "white person".

I was approximately five years old and living in Florida. While playing one afternoon, I stumbled upon a wedding invitation for a mixed-race couple in my ward. The invitation included an engagement photo, and said the wedding would be held in a few weeks at the chapel. I stared, captivated, at the photo for a long time — mostly admiring how beautiful and happy the couple looked — I think they were wearing bright yellow while standing in front of a palm tree. But I was a little confused by the invitation.