From Deseret News archives:
Church misquoted on illegals
During the two conversations, the board member, who "is no longer associated with the organization," referred to doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to insinuate church support for the bills.
"He was very much at liberty with the position of the church, when the church had not taken a formal position," Throckmorton said Thursday.
Throckmorton said the person quoted one of the church's Articles of Faith that says church members believe in "honoring, obeying and sustaining the law."
The comments prompted LDS Church leaders to issue a statement saying they have not taken a position on HB109. They also said they are investigating an unidentified number of complaints about the statements.
UFIRE has been very active in pushing HB109 and SB242, both of which would prohibit the use of the individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), which is issued by the Internal Revenue Service to foreign citizens who do not qualify for a Social Security number. The ITIN is issued regardless of whether the person is legally in the United States, and, according the IRS Web site, is only supposed to be used for paying taxes on income earned in the country.
SB242 was never approved by the Senate Transportation Committee and will probably not reach the Senate floor. HB109 is currently stalled in the House Rules Committee, despite having received a positive endorsement from the House Transportation Committee Monday.
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