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Why do Mormons get to build seminaries on school grounds if church and state are to be separate?
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∙ 12y ago
Seminaries and Institutes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are never built on school property. The Church purchases land near the school, or utilizes a church building nearby. Seminaries and Institutes are built on private, church-owned, property.
In the state of Utah, high school students can choose to have a class period of "released time" in which they can attend religious instruction (such as at a seminary) without receiving school credit. This option is available for any religion, not just the Mormons. I know that at my high school in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, there was a Baptist and a Nondenominational Christian released time available as well as the Mormon Seminary, because there was a Baptist Church across the street willing to provide these classes. The law requires the building where the "released time" religious education is held to be within a certain distance of the school on private property and requires a safe route for the students to walk from the school to the building.
Since students don't get school credit, "released time" teachers and curriculum are not hired or supported in any way by the district, and the instruction happens off of school property, the separation of church and state still exists.
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