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Article: Mormon church keeps control of downtown plaza in Salt Lake
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 5, 2005
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal appellate court has upheld a deal
between city and church leaders that gave the Mormon church control
over a downtown plaza.
Judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said traditional
public forums can be sold to private groups.
The deal does "nothing to advance religion, but merely enables the
LDS church to advance itself," according to the decision, which was
issued Monday.
The American Civil Liberties Union wanted the agreement
overturned, arguing it was illegal to give the church police power in
a public area.