Shoring Up Its Religious Profile - 1990-06-25

Shoring Up Its Religious Profile June 25, 1990, Joel Sappell, Los Angeles Times

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Joseph Yanny, a Los Angeles attorney who represented the church until he had a bitter falling out with the group in 1987, said Scientology portrays itself as a religion only where it is expedient to do so -- such as in the U.S., where tax laws favor religious organizations.

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{{cite news | first = Joel | last = Sappell | author2 = Welkos, Robert W. | title = Shoring Up Its Religious Profile | url = https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062590a,0,3090542.story | work = Los Angeles Times | date = June 25, 1990 | accessdate = February 7, 2019 }}