The Fairview Town Council on Tuesday denied the Church's request for a conditional-use permit after months of dispute. Representatives of the Church say the fight is not over.
The Fairview Town Council on Tuesday denied the Church's request for a conditional-use permit after months of dispute. Representatives of the Church say the fight is not over.
Among the opposition is Fairview resident Maria Nevils, who brought a poster board sign with the words “NO to Religious Bullying” written with a Sharpie. The Church’s attorney, Richard Abernathy, was present at the Town Council meeting on Tuesday and made a lengthy case for the proposed temple and touched on his theories about the root of the pushback.
“I don’t think there’s any objective basis for you to deny this zoning request,” he told the council. “It’s a place where we can go to make covenants with God,” she says. “In our Church, we believe that families can be sealed to be together forever and that ordinance can only take place in a temple. We believe that that temple is God’s house and that families can be together not just in this life, but for eternity. And that’s just a beautiful thought.”
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