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Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid

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Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid

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Politics@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Utah’s safety net for the poor is so intertwined with the LDS Church that individual bishops often decide who receives assistance. Some deny help unless a person goes to services or gets baptized.

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If people need to rely on the church for food, the state has failed.

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