and to make Mormonism popular in other racially diverse countries, the poohbahs running the thing had to decide between maintaining their God inspired racist dogma or backtracking on it to achieve greater financial input. For a denomination with a serious hankering for tithing, the choice was clear, and with a tip of the hat to Lord Mammon, the racial stuff was buffered, whitewashed, polished, masked, Febrezed and veneered, and the church finance department went out and bought more real estate.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.