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Mitt Romney refuses to talk about his Mormon faith<\/a> on the campaign trail and it\u2019s probably a sound political strategy since his religion teaches that black people are cursed by God.<\/p>\n

Even though the overwhelming majority of African-American voters will support President Barack Obama in the general election over Romney, black Republicans have been particularly silent about how Mormons<\/a> view black folks.<\/p>\n

For decades, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has taught that black people are \u201cinferior\u201d and \u201ccursed\u201d by God because of something sinister that blacks did before they were born.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity,\u201d according to a bizarre passage from the Book of Mormon. \u201cFor behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people, the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them. And thus saith the Lord God; I will cause that they shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their iniquities.\u201d
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