Sometime later, the United States Congress enacted a law whereby legal ownership of the occupiers of land areas could be conveyed to the occupiers thereof. That is land that would be surveyed and parceled. Whoever occupied it at the time was granted a deed of the parceled land to be protected by the armed forces of the United States and its subdivisions from claims of all others.
Brigham was known as the "Lion" of the Lord and his own residence was called "The Lion House." Indeed to this day visitors to Salt Lake City tour the Lion House as one of the interesting points of interest.
Brigham was also called the "Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That is, he held title to church property in his own name as Trustee in Trust. In that status, he held title to the land known as "Temple Square" in Salt Lake City adjacent to the "Plaza" where the fuss is centered.
The United States Constitution has a clause known as the "Establishment Clause." That is: "The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Under that clause the government of the United States could not make a gift of property to a church for to do so would violate the Establishment Clause.
Anticipating that problem, Brigham transferred title to Temple Square to
himself and his first wife as individuals so that when the Mayor of Salt Lake
City gave deed to Temple Square under the Congressional Act, he was giving the deed to Temple Square to Brigham and his wife as
individuals rather than to a religious organization.
Later, Brigham and his wife transferred title back to
himself as Trustee in Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. The entire scheme was to get around the Establishment Clause.
Complicit in this illegal scheme would be the Mayor of Salt Lake City at the time, as well as Brigham and his first wife.
Why was the scheme illegal? Simply stated is Trust Law extending centuries back to Europe which states that apart from the act being illegal, it is a violation of trust law to make a conveyance of property from oneself as a trustee to oneself as an individual. In law the Transfer never happened! The Mayor of Salt Lake City and Brigham Young attempted to violate not only Trust Law but also the Establishment clause.
Unless proven otherwise to this day and hour, Temple Square in Salt
Lake City belongs to the Government of the United States and to the people of the United States
and not to the Mormon Church!
Unless the United States
has posted a no trespassing sign, People of the United States and its visitors have
an absolute right to enter Temple
Square. It's buildings and even it's Temple without the need to
obtain permission from the Church. The City of Salt Lake PD has no right to enforce any Civic law on Temple Square except under the auspices
of the U.S Government!
While I don't recommend it have your Kiss-Ins all you Gay, Lesbians and supporting others, the Mormon Church has no legal right whatever to enforce its insane and arrogant ideas against you on Temple Square ! Oh by the way, God has never been inside the Salt Lake Temple!
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