Former mayor says 'stop being so polite' over LDS Church, legislature ties

by Brian Mullahy

Fri, November 16th 2018, 3:41 AM UTC

FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. After months of fierce debate and campaigning, Mormon church leaders, state lawmakers and the governor all opponents of the initiative reached a compromise with medical marijuana advocates in which they agreed on parameters for a law that suited all sides. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

A day after sending an email to leaders of the Utah legislature and two Latter-day Saint Church officials asking them to preserve documents related to Proposition 2 — the medical marijuana initiative — lawyer and former Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson said “we have to stop being so polite” about church-lawmaker ties. (Photo: KUTV)

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FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. After months of fierce debate and campaigning, Mormon church leaders, state lawmakers and the governor all opponents of the initiative reached a compromise with medical marijuana advocates in which they agreed on parameters for a law that suited all sides. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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