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 =What did William Branham believe?=
-William Branham was all over the map on what he believed and what he preached.  So it is not surprising that this is also true when it came to his position on racism.  He clearly stated in 1947 that:
+William Branham was all over the map on what he believed and what he preached.  So it is not surprising that this is also true when it came to his position on racism.  He clearly portrayed himself as non-racist when he stated in 1947:
 :''if you're black, white, yellow, red, American, Canadian, Russian, Spanish, Mexico, wherever you're from, we're all one in Christ Jesus, every one of us. God don't love one any more than He does the other one. He doesn't love me any more than He loves you. He doesn't love you any more than He loves me. So there we are; we're all one together in Christ Jesus.<ref>THE.CHILDREN.OF.ISRAEL_  PHOENIX.AZ  47-1123</ref>
-But in later years, he would state that he was a segregationist, was an anti-miscegenist (strongly opposed to biracial marriages), and thought that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a communist.
+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 (interracial marriages).  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 segregation.  He clearly stated that if you believed in racial integration, you were not a Christian:
-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. 187</ref>
-:''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 also clearly sided with George Wallace, the governor of Alabama in 1963, who stated:
+:''The President (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to '''Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists''' who have instituted these demonstrations."<ref>Alabama Governor George Wallace, public statement of May 8, 1963 in The New York Times. (May 9, 1963).</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 echoed this view when he stated:
+:''And I think that '''Martin Luther King is Communistic inspired''', which is going to lead about a million people to a absolutely a death trap.<ref>Branham, William, 63-0721 - He Cares. Do You Care?, para. 11</ref>
-William Branham also clearly sided with George Wallace, the governor of Alabama in 1963, who stated:
+:''Like I said, this '''Martin Luther King is leading his people to a crucifixion. It’s communistic.''' Sure, it is. If them people were slaves, then I’d be down here fighting for them. Right. But they’re not slaves. It’s an argument, where they go to school or not. Won’t go to talking about that. I just thought I’d express it. See? All right. Notice. It’s just the devil. Certainly.<ref>Branham, William, 64-0418B - A Paradox, para. 195</ref>
-:''The President (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists who have instituted these demonstrations."<ref>Alabama Governor George Wallace, public statement of May 8, 1963 in The New York Times. (May 9, 1963).</ref>
+:''I've told you here in this pulpit, '''Martin Luther King''' is the greatest indebtment the colored people’s ever had. Right. That man’s going to lead a thousands of them to a slaughter (that’s right), '''inspired by communism'''.<ref>Branham, William, 64-0830E - Questions And Answers #4, para. 170</ref>
 ==William Branham's beliefs on interracial marriage==