Original sentence: Accepting the theory that God had cursed black people, some have used the curse as a Biblical justification for racism.These racial and ethnic interpretations of the curse and the mark have been largely abandoned even by the most conservative theologians since the mid-20th century, although the theory still has some following among white supremacists and an older generation of whites, as well as a very small minority of Christian churches
Edited sentence: Accepting the theory that God had cursed black people, racists have used the curse as a Biblical justification for racism.These racial and ethnic interpretations of the curse and the mark have been largely abandoned even by the most conservative theologians since the mid-20th century, although the theory still has some following among white supremacists and an older generation of whites, as well as a very small minority of Christian churches, including the Latter Day Saints group of churches, which restricted black male members from attaining priesthood levels, for many decades