Comments on: LDS Church hires lobbying firm to help gain status in Italy

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:18:26 +0000

I recognize the possible confusion, and have clarified the sentence and noted the change at the bottom of the post. I relied on the reporting from Law.com, which appears to have been mistaken. It still remains a unique scenario in which religious organizations are lobbying a U.S. Embassy. The rest of your comments seem to address another topic entirely, one discussed at length here.

By: LDS Church Hired Lobbyiest To Block Child Abuse Law

LDS Church Hired Lobbyiest To Block Child Abuse Law — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:02:06 +0000

Quote: “However, this marks the first time that the Church has hired an outside firm to help it’s lobbying efforts.”

This statement is an outlandish exaggeration. What has the LDS Church hired lobbyiest for in the past?

Reference: Tresiddor, Alan, Paid lobbyist representing the LDS Church to oppose HB-2827, testimony given at a public hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting held on May 28, 2009 at 8AM, Oregon State Legislature, 2009 Session

HB-2827 extends the statute of limitations to age 40 for victims of child abuse to sue those organizations responsible for enabling or causing their abuse.

The LDS Church and Archdioceses strongly opposed this bill.

It however, passed and rights of abused children were extended. That was a good bill!

If you are Mormon, are you proud of your 5 cents of tithing being spent on blocking child abuse rights laws? What if your child fell in this category? Mormons routinely collect tithing from children. This effort was totally wrong and immoral in my opinion! How about you?

By: From the Blawgernacle – October 27, 2009 « LDS Law

From the Blawgernacle – October 27, 2009 « LDS Law — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:22 +0000

[...] From the Blawgernacle – October 27, 2009 2009 October 27 tags: Blawgernacle, Law, Mormon, religious liberty by Peter It’s time for a long-overdue Blawgernacle round-up, and there are several excellent guest posts. Peter LLC, a guest writer and frequent commenter on By Common Consent, wrote about the Mormon section of the city cemetery in Vienna, Austria. This cemetery section is one feature of the Austrian government’s regulation of public religion that is very foreign to Americans. It also represents one of the privileges the Mormon Church now enjoys, having obtained a recognized status in Austria similar to that sought in Italy. [...]