Les Kinsolving really seems to think that America needs to know what the Obama White House thinks about Mormon history.
From a Feb. 7 WND article:
Les Kinsolving, WND’s correspondent at the White House, had been prepared to ask two questions, but was not allowed.
He had wanted to ask: “On Sunday, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote that Mormonism has jettisoned ‘a ban on black clergy members that was in place until 1978.’ Question. Does the White House believe this is an accurate report?”
He also wanted to ask, “Does the White House believe that Wikipedia is wrong in reporting that Elijah Able, a black Mormon, received the LDS priesthood in the 19th century, as did his son in 1900 and grandson in 1935.”
Yes, Kinsolving really was planning to ask about this.
As per usual, WND dubiously framed this as White House press secretary Jay Carney deliberately “declin[ing] to allow a question about issues that could play a role, even if subconsciously, in the 2012 election – that of being black and Mormon.” As per usual, WND offers no evidence whatsoever that Carney knew the question Kinsolving was going to ask (let alone any evidence that the history of blacks in Mormonism “could play a role, even if subconsciously, in the 2012 election”).
Perhaps Kinsolving should be thankful to Carney — after all, by not taking this question, Carney saved him from yet another bout of embarrassing public behavior.