Unholy merger of church and state takes advantage of Utah’s poor, Editorial Board writes

It is wrong for the state to expect people to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to avoid hunger and homelessness.

(Kim Raff | Special to ProPublica) Welfare Square, the center of the church’s welfare program, where some of the volunteers’ hours are counted as state welfare.

Unholy merger of church and state takes advantage of Utah’s poor, Editorial Board writes

It is wrong for the state to expect people to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to avoid hunger and homelessness.

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