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Another milestone toward the establishment of the First Independent Church of Scientology (FICS) has occurred. It has been granted tax exemption under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). See the Official Notice. Distinction With Religious Liberty League To remind our readers, Religious Liberty League (RLL) fashions itself to be the Department 20 for the “Religion” of Scientology. That is, RLL’s main mission is t

Been awhile since our last post, readers remind us. We would like to post more often, but most of our news on the legal front is highly technical in addition to being strategic and therefore not suitable for broad public issue. We will throw out some tidbits now and try to do better in the future. Technical Standards Committee The Technical Standards Committee is formed and functioning. We are not releasing names at

On November 12, 2015, an application for trademark for the name First Independent Church of Scientology was filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. On or about the same date, the name was reserved by the California Secretary of State for use within sixty (60) days as a nonprofit religious corporation, and when the 60-day period expired, the name was reserved for a second 60-day period. Both filings we

In our most recently article we defined black propaganda and quoted LRH for the two reasons people engage in it.  The article was timely. In the past 24 hours, reports have flooded into Religious Liberty League about so-called interrogatories asking insinuating questions about various named field auditors.  For instance, one question is: “Are you aware of any attempt by _______ (field auditor) to make less of L

The Religious Liberty League can be viewed as the Department 20 for the “religion” of Scientology as opposed to the “church” or “churches” of Scientology. For those familiar with Scientology organizations, Department 20 of the Church of Scientology International is the Office of Special Affairs (OSA), which oversees the external affairs of the church, among them: Public Relations,

There is a difference between the “religion” of Scientology and the “church” of Scientology. LRH highlighted this distinction in his estate plan and created a safeguard in Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) in case the church drifted out of alignment with the religion of Scientology. Here is how he defined the terms: “‘Church of Scientology’ shall mean both those organizations and that group of or