Mormonism teaches that all other Christian religions are apostate.<ref>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.36c8162.html</ref>
====African Americans and the Priesthood====
The Book of Mormon claims that black skin is a divine curse arising from the sins of one's ancestors. As such, African Americans were banned from the Priesthood until 1978. See: [http://byustudies.byu.edu/Reviews/Pages/reviewdetail.aspx?reviewID=117] and [http://www.pbs.org/mormons/themes/prohibition.html]
====Positions of Various Christian Groups ====