He also shared that he wept when he learned of Spencer Kimball's aforementioned revelation. Yet from Romney's remarks it is not clear whether he wept for joy because Mormonism was eschewing its segregationist policies or if he wept from relief that the...

Mormon church began in 1848, when founder Joseph Smith supposedly received a "revelation" from God. The formal name of the sect was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. On some Internet sites, you'll find the "church" referred to simply as LDS.