Mormon Temples Aren’t Getting Out of the Marriage Business
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
By Peg Fletcher
UTAH---It is a tad premature for Mormons to brace for a possible change in the LDS Church’s temple wedding policies, including Monday’s rampant Internet rumor that all members’ weddings would have take place first outside a Mormon temple.
"Church leaders are well aware of the issues surrounding marriage and continue to examine them carefully," LDS Church spokesman Dale Jones said Monday in a statement, "but we are unaware of any meetings where changes to temple marriage policies have been discussed." The buzzed-about policy revision may have been embraced with great hope and enthusiasm by many because Mormon temple marriages can create tension in families.
Only Mormons with current "temple recommends" — attesting to their adherence to LDS teachings and practices — are allowed to enter one of the faith’s 143 temples. The policy keeps out people of other faiths, no faith, even Latter-day Saints without recommends. [link]
By Peg Fletcher
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| (Chris Detrick | Tribune file photo) Temple Square as seen on Friday November 29, 2013. |
