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In the latter part of his life, William Branham's stance on many controversial doctrinal issues became more vitriolic. This also appears to be true of his positions on miscegeny. We were unable to find any opposition to mixed race marriages in any of William Branham's sermons prior to 1960. His most objectionable comments all appear to have been in the last several years of his life. | In the latter part of his life, William Branham's stance on many controversial doctrinal issues became more vitriolic. This also appears to be true of his positions on miscegeny. We were unable to find any opposition to mixed race marriages in any of William Branham's sermons prior to 1960. His most objectionable comments all appear to have been in the last several years of his life. | ||
The most racist comment he made was in February 1965 when he stated that a Christian had to believe in segration. He clearly stated that if you believed in integration, you were not a Christian: | |||
:''Now, I am an integrationist, absolutely…I mean a segregationalist. I am a segregationalist. Because, I don’t care how much they argue, '''you cannot be a Christian and be an integrationist.''' That’s exactly right. God even separates His nations. He separates His people. “Come out from among them!” He’s a…He is a segregationalist. “Don’t even…Touch not their unclean things!” He pulled Israel, that Jewish race, out of every, all the races in the world. He is a segregationalist.<ref>Branham, William, 65-0206 - Doors In Door, para. 1987</ref> | |||
William Branham's first pastor, [[Roy Davis#Roy Davis and the KKK|Roy Davis, had significant ties with the KKK]] and William Branham also indicated that when he was a boy, the KKK paid his hospital bill (see quotes below). | William Branham's first pastor, [[Roy Davis#Roy Davis and the KKK|Roy Davis, had significant ties with the KKK]] and William Branham also indicated that when he was a boy, the KKK paid his hospital bill (see quotes below). | ||