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In his letter, "Church and state," published in the Dec. 29 Public Forum, James Oshust takes to task the LDS Church for Kaysville's decision to not have certain facilities open on Mondays, as well as having their New Year's celebration on the 30th.
He tells the LDS Church that only once that organization is willing to pay the costs of these facilities can it then impart their "specific morality."
Mr. Oshust is quite obviously bitter about the LDS Church. What he fails to understand, or is simply unwilling to understand, is that the LDS Church, as an organization, has nothing to do with these kinds of decisions. Were there LDS members who made the decision? Yes. But Mormons in Kaysville making public policy decisions are not the LDS Church. People, please try to get those distinctions straight.
Ryan Price
Salt Lake City
