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Mormon teachings on skin color have evolved throughout the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, and have been the subject of controversy and criticism.Historically, in Mormonism's largest denomination the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), leaders beginning with founder Joseph Smith taught that dark skin was a sign of a curse from God. [1]
The LDS Church published a 2013 essay refuting these ideas, describing prior church teachings justifying the restriction as racial "folk beliefs". [23] It said that Blackness in Latter-day Saint theology is a symbol of disobedience to God, and not necessarily a skin color. [24]
Transgender people and other gender minorities currently face membership restrictions in access to priesthood and temple rites in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)—Mormonism's largest denomination, and even transgender people who have only socially transitioned without surgery are ineligible to join the church via baptism. [1]
Gender identity and roles play an important part in Mormon theology which teaches a strict binary of eternal, spiritual gender as literal offspring of heterosexual, cisgender Heavenly Parents. [105]: 69–70 The church also teaches that each person's gender is eternal and that each gender has roles and duties in the family that are ordained by God.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known widely as the Mormon church, issued a slew of new policies this week expanding its restrictions on transgender members.
There is no reference to their skin color being changed. Later, the Book of Mormon records that an additional group of Lamanites converted and that "their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites… and they were numbered among the Nephites, and were called Nephites" (3 Nephi 2:15–16).
During this time church leaders continued to teach that the skin color of Native Americans was a result of a curse from God and that through following church teachings their skin color would be lightened. [17] In the 21st century these teachings, along with those against interracial marriage were officially renounced for the first time in 2013.
This painting shows Noah cursing Ham. Smith and Young both taught that Black people were under the curse of Ham, [1] [2] and the curse of Cain. [3]: 27 [4] [5]Teachings on the biblical curse of Cain and the curse of Ham in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their effects on Black people in the LDS Church have changed throughout the church's history.