[DelphiUser]

A consequence of NOT obtaining a "recomend" or being temple worthy is that if one's child marries in the LDS temple one is not allowed to attend the nuptial ceremony and indeed, must wait outside the doors of the temple

They have waiting rooms just off of the lobby

Seems coercive to me.

Since there are “No pictures” and no refreshments, and not talking in the sealing room, just don’t go, go to the reception, that’s where all the fun is anyway. Nobody is forcing anybody.

There may be other churches that have similar rules regarding tithing, but I, thankfully, have no personal knowledge of them. I have often wondered about this: All the temple ordinances are required for one to enter the "celestial kingdom" and all the ordinances are performed for the dead. First the baptism (can be performed by proxy by anyone over 12) then the endowment, then the sealing to one's family.

All the ordinances are indeed needed before one can get to the "celestial kingdom". If the mormons are baptizing people after they die to provide them with the chance at salvation thru their temple rituals, and tithing is required of living members to obtain same, how do they collect the tithe from the dead?

Let’s be silly, Tithing is for us to have the right priority, and to help us keep our hearts pure, the dead do not have to pay tithing. (you are thinking of the death tax the Dhemmicrats love so much)

[greyfoxx39]

Since there are “No pictures” and no refreshments, and not talking in the sealing room, just don’t go, go to the reception, that’s where all the fun is anyway. Nobody is forcing anybody.

DU, read that paragraph again to yourself. Seems a little callous and unfeeling to me. "Just don't go" isn't gonna cut it with loving parents that have looked forward for years to seeing their child married. And you accuse parents of just wanting to be there so they can chat and take pictures? Cold. "Nobody is forcing anybody!" Lovely.