David Vs. Goliath in Texas: Small Town Asks The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Senior Leaders to Voluntarily Lower Its Temple Steeple — The World Is Watching
Fairview, Texas (Pop. 11,000) Has Already Lost the Legal Fight Now It’s Making a Moral Appeal: Lower the Steeple 20 Feet and Show the World What Good Neighbors Do
The legal battle is over. The moral one is just beginning.
The Town of Fairview, Texas, population approximately 11,000 and annual budget $13 million, has launched FairviewSpeaks, a community campaign with a simple, moral request: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with $91 billion in operating assets and $231 billion in investments, should voluntarily lower the steeple of its planned Fairview Texas Temple from 120 feet to 100 feet the height Fairview originally asked for as a gesture of goodwill to the neighbors it will serve.
Fairview has already signed a legal settlement under the threat of litigation. The Church won. In a letter to senior church leaders Mayor John Hubbard has requested a dialog to better understand and address community concerns.
