I believe this is largely correct. My sister converted to Mormonism and decided to marry another Mormon at the big temple in Salt Lake City. Nobody on our side of the family was allowed to enter the temple and my sister had to have church-appointed surrogates stand in as parents of the bride while ger real mother stood outside, unable to witness the event.
FWIW, I don't condemn the Church for this. Every religion has their rules. But I do know my mother and I know wild horses wouldn't have kept her from attending the wedding of her first-born but for the locked door of the temple that kept her out.
That's creepy. Secrecy is one of the hallmarks of a cult. I thought the LDS were free of it.
“”Nobody on our side of the family was allowed to enter the temple and my sister had to have church-appointed surrogates stand in as parents of the bride while ger real mother stood outside, unable to witness the event.””
How do you describe a group like that? Oh ya now I remember the word.