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==Question: Did President Jimmy Carter threaten the Church's tax-exempt status because of their policy on blacks and the priesthood?==
 
===The allegation that the LDS church's tax-free status was threatened is false===
 
  
This issue was directly addressed by a church spokesman:
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[[es:Pregunta: ¿El presidente Jimmy Carter amenazó el estado de exención de impuestos de la Iglesia debido a su política sobre los negros y el sacerdocio?]]
We state categorically that the federal government made no such threat in 1978 or at any other time. The decision to extend the blessings of the priesthood to all worthy males had nothing to do with federal tax policy or any other secular law. In the absence of proof, we conclude that Ms. Erickson [a critic] is seriously mistaken. <ref>Bruce L. Olsen, cited in ''Salt Lake Tribune'' on 5 April 2001.</ref>
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[[pt:Pergunta: É verdade que o Presidente Jimmy Carter ameaçou o status de isenção de impostos da Igreja por causa da diretriz a respeito do Sacerdócio aos negros?]]
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