[NAGDU] religious organizations and guide dogs

[Yiska]

I could take my guide dog to the weekly church services but not into the
temple. This was about 10 years and now I don't practice so I am unsure.
Yiska

On Sep 29, 2017 10:58, "Dan Weiner via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I have been led to believe that the LDS church doesn't allow guide dogs in
> their tabernacle. When I worked in Maryland a co-worker out of the blue
> walked up to me and said "is thee some place that guide dogs can stay when
> they can't accompany their owner"? not really knowing what the reason for
> this was I gave a non-committal answer, it turned out one of this lady's
> relatives wanted to go to a Mormon not sure i if it was a church or meeting
> place or temple or what, my apologies, in Washington, and they told them
> the guide dog wouldn't be welcome that in quotes "it would disturb the
> peace and serenity of the ceremony" I'm quoiting, I'm not trying to bash
> any religion. So I answered my colleague something disparaging about
> religion in general which I won't write here, oh  heck,  I'll write it--lol
> I said that religion is suppose d to preach loving thy neighbor as  your
> brother and that that's fine apparently unless you have a guide dog. But
> anyway, so I believe there is a policy, I'm sure other religious groups
> have similar strictures.
>
>
> Dan the man, Parker the hound dog
>
>
>
> On 9/29/2017 7:23 AM, Star Gazer via NAGDU wrote:
>
>>                                 I checked Tara, and unfortunately you are
>> correct, the LDS web site does have this policy, plain as day on their web
>> site.  I am truly sorry. I was really hoping you had a dimwit usher.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Briggs
>> via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:35 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tara Briggs <thflute at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Forwarded Article: This able-bodied dog lover makes a
>> great case against faking service dogs
>>
>> Interesting. But can you make the argument that church meetings are open
>> to
>> the public and the religious exemption does  apply  there. For example,
>> even
>> though the public can walk into a church for any service. Can't the church
>> exclude say blind people if they want to? Anyway, in this case, we  had to
>> go onto the Internet and get tickets. That's what a friend of mine did and
>> she invited us to come. The tickets were free but you did  have to get
>> them
>> in order to get a seat.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2017, at 8:23 PM, David via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> If the concert is open to the public, the church exception does not
>>> apply.
>>>
>>> *David and Claire Rose in Clearwater, FL*
>>> *david at bakerinet.com*
>>>
>>>> On 9/28/2017 7:53 PM, Star Gazer via NAGDU wrote:
>>>> Even when they are open to the public?
>>>> We have a meeting house (Mormon word for church building) that is open
>>>> to
>>>>
>>> the public for elections, i.e. it is a voting poll. There is no way they
>> could or should restrict someone from going to the voting poll with a
>> guide
>> or service dog.
>>
>>>
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