Hiding political dollars spent on hate....what else is the Mormon Church hiding?

[Bluebear]

It's getting really hard to believe Mormon leaders. They're not really heeding that commandment about lying. After downplaying their role in Prop. 8, the latest campaign filings show the church did spend a considerable amount of its own money.

Teddy Partridge at Firedoglake has the details, which came out over the weekend:

In a Friday filing with California's Fair Political Practices Commission, the Mormon Church listed almost $190,000 in previously unreported expenses in support of last year's successful campaign to eliminate marriage equality in California.

The report, filed with the secretary of state's office, listed a variety of California travel expenses for high-ranking members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and included $20,575 for use of facilities and equipment at the church's Salt Lake City headquarters and a $96,849 charge for "compensated staff time" for church employees who worked on matters pertaining to Prop. 8.

It seems as if the complaint filed with the FPPC by Californians Against Hate was not as specious as the Mormons initially charged:

Up until Friday, the Mormon church had denied any direct financial support for the campaign beyond a reported $2,078 spent for bringing church Elder L. Whitney Clayton to California.

Church officials complained that Karger's complaint was full of errors and that the church had "fully complied" with California law.

In other words, the Mormon Church had no intention of modifying their expense reporting until pressed by Californians Against Hate and the subsequent -- and ongoing -- FPPC investigation.
The Mormon Church deserves the scrutiny its been getting. The leaders have not been honest. Teddy poses the important question: what else is the Mormon Church hiding? We have to find out.

http://www.americablog.com/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/30/BA7615KLB9.DTL&type=politics

[tekisui]

1. knr!~

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Kick and recommended. n/t

[nichomachus]

3. What are they hiding? Where to begin?

How about the fact that the secret temple ceremonies were dreamed up by Smith as a way to boink married women -- not married to him. Why do you think everyone was taking pot shots at the Mormons.

They like to say they were persecuted for their religious beliefs, but that's a lie too. The late 1800s were marked by weirdo religions. There was one on every corner. People were quite used to them. What pissed people off was that Smith couldn't keep Little Joseph in his magic underwear.

[EFerrari]

4. That's what I'm saying: what else are they hiding?

John is right on as usual.

ETA: My guess last week was money laundering but I've had 0 time to look into it. I hope SOMEONE does. :grr:

[Dragonfli]

5. K&R - nt

[vssmith]

6. Remove their tax exempt status

[EFerrari]

7. Bluebear, have you seen this thread?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x118469

[Bluebear]

8. "compensated staff time", eh?

Something stinks, big time.

[EFerrari]

9. $100K of "compensated staff time".

:shrug:

[jrobert484]

10. This Article Does a Good Job...

...wxplaining how the Mormos and other fundies were able to get away with such unconstitutional behavior.

http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=4530