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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?
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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:
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. [1]
Notes
- ↑ Bruce L. Olsen, cited in Salt Lake Tribune on 5 April 2001.