LDS Church's City Creek Center
Will LDS Church's City Creek Center be able to get liquor licenses?
Dean also testified, "Utah has the least number of liquor licenses allowed based on population of all control states contacted. This has resulted in a new and growing scarcity of licenses." The retail part of the City Creek Center doesn't open until the spring of 2012. Ref. Source 8
Support of LDS Church and others sought for more Utah restaurant liquor licenses
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a stakeholder in liquor legislation in this state," Valentine said Wednesday. "The church has had a place at the table as we have discussed these issues." So do a number of other groups with an interest in how the state controls the sale of alcohol, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Utah Restaurant Association. Ref. Source 6
Mormon Church & Liquor Licenses (Hover)
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Comments: How do Mormons balance freedom of choice with trying to make everyone live their no alcohol rules?
That's a tough one to answer Massy. I don't know. I think the Church encourages them and give them incentives, for instance one of the buildings the Church owns and rents served alcohol but the Church decided to lower their rent if they stop doing it and they did. So I see it as a partnership.
Liquor suit seeks to muzzle LDS Church
SALT LAKE CITY - If the Utah Hospitality Association has its way, the LDS Church won't be able to talk to state legislators about liquor laws in the future. The UHA, a trade group for bars and restaurants, asked the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City last week to enforce the request as part of its ongoing efforts to overturn parts of Senate Bill 314, which bans daily drink specials and ties the number of liquor licenses to population totals and to the number of state-employed police officers. Ref. Source 8
For me the more you try to stop people from doing what they think should be their right the more they will want to do it even if its breaking the law. If we do teach correct principles then the people govern themselves. We shouldn't have to force them to govern themselves.
Mormon church, state and alcohol laws to mix in federal courtroom
State attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins to dismiss the complaint, arguing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offering its views on alcohol policy to state lawmakers does not violate the state or federal constitution. Ref. Source 7