Only members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in good standing with the Church can enter into its temples. As such the Preston, England Temple has lost its tax exempt statuts. In the UK a church must demonstrate that its buildings are available to public worship in order to avoid paying property taxes. In Gallagher v. the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the court held that because the Preston temple is not available for public worship it should not be exempt from paying property taxes. This is does not affect the Church's properties that are not temples within the UK or properties that are located outside of the United Kingdom.
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The LDS church believes in obeying the law of the land, and the law states that the tax must be paid. As a member, if I were living in England, I wouldn't mind paying a tax to know I could have a holy house of the Lord available to me.
ok but even public churches in england where 'anyone' can go in ...not everyone can look inside the office and still most 'rooms' are cut off either by barriers or the rooms being locked. So i think this is unfair.
ok...but even the churches that are 'open' to the public ..have most of theire doors locked..and not every public 'open church will allow you to have a walk around their office or see whats inside their locker rooms...most even have barriers up..so i think that it is wrong to tax the temple..what IS wrong the british public having to pay some of taxes towards the up keep of the state religion. iam sure the government & state religion is not going to complain about lds members helping to pay towards their wages. All the time lds are not allowed to have there legal wedding in a temple there will be no equall rights for the british tax payer! i say we take it to number 10...we should have the right to get legally married in our temples! everyone else in britain has'rights' so why shouldnt we! protest i say!
Racist Mormon Scriptures about BLACKS
..the LORD shall CURSE the land..A BLACKNESS came upon all the(BLACK AFRICANS)..of Canaan,that they were despised among all people..(LDS Pearl of Great Price Moses7:8)
..seed of Cain were BLACK,and had not place among them..(LDS Pearl of Great Price Moses7:22)
24..from(BLACK AFRICAN)Ham,sprang that race which preserved the CURSE in the land(LDS Pearl of Great Price Abraham1:23-24)
..CURSED..to the Priesthood..being of the(BLACK AFRICAN)lineage by which he could not have the right of PRIESTHOOD(LDS Pearl of Great Price Abraham1:26-27)
And that was relevant how?Focus, people. Stay on topic. And if you're going to rant and quote scripture, at least leave out the parenthetical editorializing.
I agree with the LDS Church's decision to comply with the tax, but I disagree strongly with the policy. Religious denominations in the UK don't enjoy some of the protections afforded by American First Amendment.
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