Posted on 03/29/2010 10:13:09 PM PDT by NoRedTape
Edited on 04/05/2010 5:18:34 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
It is sad and it happens far too often. The LDS claim they put families first but if only part of the family is ‘worthy’ or a member family values go out the window.
Amazing insight into the mormon Cult. Here’s a MOM who was locked-out of her son’s wedding because the MOM was not in the mormon Cult. How brainwashed is the son? He didn’t have the guts to allow his own MOM to experience the wedding? How incredibly wrong is the mormon cult to disallow anyone to a Wedding? More mormon sadness created. Big surprise.
this is standard....nonMormons don’t realize the ramifications of a child doing this until they’re locked out.....its part of the Mormon religion that they don’t talk about on tv.....it wouldn’t go over well with the Amercian people if knew of it....as far as most Americans go, the Mormon church is basically the Osmond family....
Why did the man consent to get married in a LDS church at all? Puzzling.
I went to high school with a Mormon girl - her mother divorced her father, he did not want it.
When she got married at the DC Mormon Temple [looks like the Emerald City - in white], her father was allowed to be there - her mother wasn’t ...
Years before I converted to Catholicism, I fell in love with a non-practicing Mormon boy and he with me. I knew a bit about the faith, and when he decided to become a practicing Mormon boy, again, I learned more. I knew it was a path I could not follow with him, and I didn’t tell him that was one of the reasons I was breaking his heart. He went on a mission and much later met and married a Mormon girl and was married in the temple. When he returned to the church, he changed so much, it was like he was brainwashed.
I have respect for the family values of the Mormon church, and I have dear friends who belong. It is not a spiritual path I can follow, and I raise my Catholic children to know that not all churches are alike.
*8and I raise my Catholic children to know that not all churches are alike.**
God bless you!
And now the Cult locks-out a Mom from her own son's Wedding?
Curious.....what is more legally accepted - a Wedding in Vegas with an Elvis impersonator or one in a Cult temple?
Elvis impersonator, any time. Obviously.
Horse tripe.
The Mormon Temple is for Mormons. It always has been, it always will be. In fact, it is not even for all Mormons. I am not sure what the requirements are because I am not a Mormon, but I do know they are stringent.
He chose to have a Temple wedding. He knew what that meant. If his family doesn’t like it, they can take it up with him. Do not expect the Mormon Church to cater to YOUR viewpoints just because it suits your convenience.
That is just as despicable as gays demanding a Catholic Church wedding.
Good for you. I ran into the same thing myself.
It’s hard sometimes. They have asked me many times, and I have told them that I’m very happy in my Catholic faith.
“That is just as despicable as gays demanding a Catholic Church wedding”
Well true, but the Mormans are the gay people here. This is why they are not, and will never be Christian in the same way as the folks who approve of gay marriage will never be Christian either.
LOL! Sure about that? A wedding is between one Man and One Woman.........so why does a Cult not allow the MOM of the Groom?
And please don't attempt any other comparisons, please. That made zero sense to me.
And there is an obviously misguided Cult called mormonism. Prayers going out.
You have the right to your beliefs and the sanctity or your sacraments, Mormons have a right to theirs.
You want to call Mormonism a cult, that is also your right.
Beating up on them for a church policy that has been a policy as long as they have been a church is petty and disingenuous.
Insufferable tripe... smells to high heaven.
Ronin:
Seriously, there was another option that would have been completely inclusive for everyone.
Church Doctrine allows a couple to marry outside the temple. They can be sealed to each other after waiting only one year.
The newlyweds have robbed a mother and family of sharing in the ceremony, for no reason.
It’s an intensely theological ritual and I can see why Mormons wouldn’t want people there who don’t believe in it and/or don’t understand what’s going on — same as with all the other rituals that occur in the temple. And it’s not just non-Mormons or “unworthy” Mormons that aren’t allowed to attend. No unendowed Mormons may attend, and that often includes young adult (and younger) siblings of the bride and groom, even those who are scheduled to be endowed a week or two later. The temple sealing ceremony just doesn’t have a comparable role in the LDS religion as wedding ceremonies in other Christian religions (where the “who’s invited” policy doesn’t generally differ from that of secular or atheist weddings). Many relatives and close friends who are Mormons in good standing travel to the city where the sealing and subsequent social events are, but are not present in the temple for the sealing, either because they are not yet endowed, or because there just isn’t room for everybody. Per LDS Church sources aimed at couples planning a temple sealing, most sealing rooms hold 50 or fewer people (and I would expect that in the smaller temples it’s a lot fewer). Given the size of many Mormon families, it’s the norm that not all close relatives will be able to attend the sealing even if they’re endowed.
All the wailing about this just strikes me as indicative of the insane emphasis our society places on The Wedding. I get sick to death of hearing brides yakking about all the details of their wedding for months in advance, and even sicker when I think of the insane amounts of money usually being spent on these affairs. The actual *marriage* seems to get lost in the Big Day hoopla.
A couple of years back, a co-worker who’d recently had his first child told me was going to try to quit smoking “because I’d like to live long enough to see my daughter walk down the aisle”. The poor little girl wasn’t even old enough to crawl yet, and already her father had decided that her trip “down the aisle” with nobody-knows-who was going to be the highlight of her life. The heck with all that stuff that supposed to come afterwards.
Petty? Disingenuous? Am I allowed to criticize Islam? Am I allowed to criticize the Inquisition? What makes LDS off limits? I can go to a Jewish wedding. I can go to a Hindu wedding. I bet can go to a Muslim wedding too. So why, exactly, isn't LDS doctrine open to question?
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