Episode 116: Official Declarations
No more polygamy
President Wilford Woodruff issued the following Manifesto on October 6, 1890
To Whom It May Concern: Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have been pronounced constitutional by the court of last resort, I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land.
Black males can now become priests
The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978.
Dear Brethren: All worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.
