It the basements of the Vatican they do ceremonies as well yet that is not a cult. Since I don't follow their religion it is not important to me what is important to them. Unlike islam, they are not plotting to overthrow the west.
edcoil -
You are incorrect in your statement. The LDS Temple ceremony is secret even to Mormons until they are old enough and deemed worthy to attend the Temple. Mostly when they go on an LDS mission or when they are married. Roughly only 25% of Mormons ever attend the secret ceremonies in the Temple.
Just because it’s ‘private’, ‘secret’ whatever, they have no right to stop others from depicting it. Nobody has a right to not be offended. As a Christian there are people doing things that offend my religion all the time, often deliberately. They have that right, just like I have the right to criticize what they are doing.
Now I think if the Mormons had a legal leg to stand on (slander/libel) or something like that, because the show was intentionally depicting something about them incorrectly to knowingly push a false, negative view, then that is a different matter. I am sure they would have brought a suit in court if this was what was occurring.
Otherwise they might not like it, but the show is perfectly within its rights to show a depiction of ANY religious ceremony of ANY religion ANY time it wants to. They could show a Scientology ceremony and (of course be sued) but they’d be in their rights to do so. No religion gets a ‘hands off’ while we still have free speech in this country.