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LDS Church points to increased temple building and humanitarian aid in defense of its finances

Courts can’t say how a religion spends or saves its money, the faith’s lawyers argue in federal tithing case.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building, rear, towers over the faith's Administration Building in Salt Lake City in 2021. Lawyers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are asking a federal judge to toss out would-be class-action case over tithing, arguing that it violates the First Amendment.