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| Seattle-area Zoning Fight Leads Church to Support Amendment |
| The zoning fight that pitted local churches against
environmentalists over the size of rural King county, Washington churches
has led to an effort to change the county's charter. A representative of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined a Catholic representative
in arguing for the amendment, which would add language guaranteeing
religious freedom. But council members who supported the environmentalists
in the earlier effort questioned the need for the change because the
amendment's language is identical to that in the Washington state constitution. |
| ACLU Says Missionary Discounts Illegal |
| After a Catholic woman complained about
discounts available to LDS missionaries in Utah restaurants, the
American Civil Liberties Union has called the discounts illegal and
asked the Utah Attorney General to look into the practice. The woman,
Judy Bruyette, complained after eating at Rodizio Grill in Orem on a
Wednesday. The restaurant refused to give her and a Catholic priest
eating with her the same 15% discount it offered to LDS missionaries
and their families on Wednesdays. |
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