Original sentence: As it happens, this came after a lawsuit by the NAACP against Mormon-sponsored Boy Scout troups.Discrimination against blacks.Mormon doctrine holds that the black skin of people of African descent is the mark of Cain, and this was used to explain why they were discriminated against from 1849 to 1979.On June 9, 1978, a new revelation was announced, reversing these practices.The idea that man is created in the physical image of God and inherit all that He has, as taught in "The Origin of Man," a statement that became controversial during evolution trials during the early 20th century amid the Scopes Trial.These troups required a patrol leader to be a deacon's quorum president in the LDS church, which excluded blacks.Though baptism was always open to people of all races and worship took place in unsegregated congregations, men of African descent were not ordained to the priesthood that was available to all other "worthy men", and no one of African descent was allowed to participate in temple marriage (those excluded can now recieve a vacarious temple marriage)
Edited sentence: Past denial of priesthood to those of African descent.The idea that man is created in the physical image of God, as taught in "The Origin of Man," a statement that became controversial during evolution trials during the early 20th century amid the Scopes Trial.Though baptism was always open to people of all races and worship took place in unsegregated congregations, from 1849-1978, men of African descent were not ordained to the priesthood, and no one of African descent was allowed to participate in temple marriage (those individuals can now recieve a vacarious temple marriage)