Less information is available on Lorenzo Snow. His concern for the subject is reflected in his early inquiry into the "chance of redemption" for the Africans. As a senior apostle he proposed that a man ruled ineligible for the priesthood be allowed "to get a divorce . . . and marry a white woman, and he would be entitled then to the priesthood." While President of the Church he upheld the decisions of his three predecessors, citing as they had the curse on Cain.