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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===


The accusation that the federal government threatened to revoke the Church's tax-exempt status was made by Kathy Erickson in the ''Salt Lake Tribune'' on March 11, 2001. The Church Public Affairs department responded:
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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?]]
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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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Distorted History
Thursday, April 5, 2001
 
It's one thing to distort history, quite another to invent it. Kathy Erickson (Forum, March 11) claims that the federal government threatened The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with its tax-exempt status in 1978 because of the church's position regarding blacks and the priesthood.   
 
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 is seriously mistaken.   
 
BRUCE L. OLSEN
Public Affairs Department
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints    <ref>Bruce L. Olsen, cited in ''Salt Lake Tribune'' on 5 April 2001.</ref>
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