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Inverted Triangles By Hugo Salinas From Affinity, August 2003 With an inverted triangle as part of their logo, more than 5,000 Saints gathered in the Tabernacle on June 8, 2003 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a momentous event. It was June 1978 when Spencer W. Kimball and the Quorum of the Twelve received a revelation that lifted the ban on black males holding the priesthood. On the same miraculous day, Church leaders also lifted the ban on Black men and women receiving and enjoying all temple blessings. It is very fitting that Church leaders chose an inverted triangle to mark the anniversary. That triangle symbolizes the progress the Church has made against racial discrimination, but it also highlights all the discriminatory actions Church leaders are still carrying out against women, gays, lesbians, and other sexual minorities. The revelation on the priesthood came to President Kimball only after he spent years praying on the matter. Sometimes I wonder if President Gordon B. Hinckley is praying with the same fervor on the matter of gays and lesbians. Twenty-five years ago, Black Mormons hailed their long-promised day. Will the time ever come when we gays and lesbians will be able to hail ours? |
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