Abstract
The Fundamentalist Church ofJesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints is best known for its open practice ofpolygamy, long abandoned by the church from which it broke away generations ago. The Fundamentalist Church's particular version of the practice includes· requiring girls in their lower and middle teenaged years to enter into marriages, often with much older men. Less notorious than, and distinct from, these marriage practices is its communitarian economic program involving the centralized ownership and ~anagement ofmany real estate and other assets of the church and its members. Their houses, farms, and businesses, located in a remote community straddling the Utah-Arizona border, are owned by the United Effort Plan Trust, a public charitable trust. The terms of the trust have obligated the trustees to administer its assets in accordance with religious principles. The trustees have historically been leaders ofthe church.
Recommended Citation
Andersen, Eric G.
(2008)
"Protecting Religious Liberty Through the Establishment Clause: The Case of the United Effort Plan Trust Litigation,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2008:
No.
3, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2008/iss3/1