[fidelis]

Kind of a misleading title. He didn’t “tell them” or command them (as the article puts it), he “invited” them.

[ladyjane]

Yeah - well I’ll suggest to him that he lay off all sex for the next month.

[Robwin]

Kind of a misleading title. He didn’t “tell them” or command them (as the article puts it), he “invited” them.

Among Mormons a "request" from a Church leader, especially the President of the Church, is the equivalent of a command.