Hallelujah Shout? Someone is Finally Standing Up To Church

[_Craig Paxton]

Someone is finally standing up to the years of interference by the Mormon church in Utah's legislative process and saying BUTT OUT. Now that medical marjuana has been vicorious there is no longer any need to form a compromise bill and severl backers of the public initiative are threatening to file suit against the church for their involvment in the negociations of that compromise.

Sericously in what world, outside of Utah, does a religious organization get a seat at the negotiation table in State legislation?


https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/11/15/ ... a-backers/

[_Shulem]

Email addresses are victories for Satan! Ha ha, President NelSatan!

mstephens@ldschurch.org
mpurdy@ldschurch.org

[_I have a question]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“The Church of Jesus Christ”) has a long history of dominating and interfering with the government of the State of Utah, often dictating to state and municipal legislators what legislative measures or policies they are to support or oppose. That dominance and interference is prohibited by the Utah Constitution.

Doug Rice, one of the plaintiffs, told 2News that the advocates want to make sure the state did not communicate with the Church to try and undermine Proposition 2 with the special session.

The letter states:

The purpose of The Church of Jesus Christ in forcing the special session is to radically undermine and alter the new law, which garnered majority popular support in the last election (Utah Proposition 2, Medical Marijuana Initiative (2018)). Vastly altering the law mandated by the people is contrary not only to the popular will, but contrary to the intention expressed in the Utah Constitution that the people can, through an initiative, directly exercise their constitutionally guaranteed legislative power.

https://kutv.com/news/local/advocacy-gr ... on-may-sue

Might be time to revisit the Church's tax-exempt status too...

Anderson warns the parties involved to keep all records related to church lobbying, Proposition 2 and the special session. Rice says that this is preliminary action and that they would like to have all of the evidence collected. Depending on what is discovered, legal action may be taken.

The failure to preserve and retain the electronic data and evidence outlined in this notice may constitute spoliation of evidence, which may subject you to legal claims for damages and/or evidentiary and monetary sanctions.

Rice told 2News that if there is a legal violation, they would pursue suing the state before the Church, unless there is clear evidence the Church did something illegal.