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There are a set of questions that are asked in the interviews with the Bishop and the Stake President. We must show our faith and testimony of Jesus Christ and God by living the gospel and keeping the commandments. We must live the Word of Wisdom, be morally clean, pay a full tithing, keep the Sabbath day holy, sustain and uphold the prophet and apostles, attend my Sunday meetings, am I honest in my dealings with my fellow-man?; do I affiliate with any group whose teachings are contrary to those of the LDS church? (Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head.) Oh, if I have been through the temple, am I keeping the convenants I made there? Do I feel I am worthy for a temple recommend?

To be married in the temple, see above. Engaged couples meet with their bishop once a week until they are married, all couples are strongly urged to take a marriage preparation class at their local LDS institute (local college campuses almost always have one.) One must also get a marriage license applicable to the state or country one is residing in, and also make sure that the laws are complied with according to age (get consent where necessary), length of time between getting the marriage license and the marriage, etc.

We must also arrange to have two witnesses at the wedding/sealing ceremony in the temple (usually the father of the bride and the father of the groom). You must get a new temple recommend for the marriage. On the recommend is noted your baptismal date and that it is a recommed for a wedding. One must have been a member of the LDS church for a year.

If either the bride or groom has not received their endowments, then they must have those before they are married. That can be planned for the day of the wedding ceremony, or a week before. If the groom (and bride) have served LDS missions, then they already have their endowments, so the wedding ceremony would just take place. And before one goes to the temple, wards and/or stakes have temple preparation classes.

I have a few questions regarding the temple and marriages from reading other boards that I will ask you about that I found strange, but will ask these now, and will get back with you later this evening.

1--Why would someone's parents not be allowed in the temple to witness their child's wedding?

2--How long is a marriage ceremony, and how many couples wed on the same day? Do they do wedding after wedding in one day?