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theHandpuppet

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Thu Dec-13-07 07:59 AM
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52. It happened to my brother

My brother married a widow with two small children. Her first husband, an abusive alcoholic, had committed suicide in front of his two children as the ultimate act of spite.

My brother loved and raised these children as his own. When one, upon adulthood, converted to the Mormon faith and married, my brother, his father, was not even allowed inside the temple to witness the ceremony. Instead, he had to stand outside along with other members of both the husband and bride's families who were not of the faith.

I'm sorry, but that really turned me off of the Mormon cult. After seeing my brother treated like crap I have no use for them.

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-So non-Mormons are not allowed in Mormon wedding ceremonies	DemGa	Dec-12-07 10:46 PM	#0
- I know about this. An old boyfriend's sister married a Mormon	crim son	Dec-12-07 10:48 PM	#1
- One of the hallmarks of a cult is they tend to isolate the cultists from the rest of us. (NT)	Tesha	Dec-13-07 07:48 AM	#50
- There's a bunch of goofy shit with polyester and anointing the crotch	cgrindley	Dec-12-07 10:52 PM	#2
- LOL there is no crotch anointing sorry...	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:03 PM	#6
- One must wonder...	Tandalayo_Scheisskopf	Dec-12-07 11:30 PM	#18
- I think you are confusing the Endowment with the Sealing	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:34 PM	#19
- I was endowed in 1990 and the Washing and Anointing ceremony	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:39 PM	#21
- Thanks for the info	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:46 PM	#23
- You would REALLY freak out of my religious practices then !	Marrah_G	Dec-13-07 07:59 AM	#51
- MORMONS GET MARRIED IN A REGULAR WEDDING....	flyarm	Dec-12-07 10:53 PM	#3
- You must be a member of the church.	tekisui	Dec-12-07 10:54 PM	#4
- Mrs. Romney was not a Mormon so she was not allowed	question everything	Dec-12-07 10:56 PM	#5
- I was taught that non-Catholics' participation in Catholic weddings is frowned upon	kskiska	Dec-12-07 11:03 PM	#7
- Feh! I served communion at my brother's Catholic wedding	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:08 PM	#10
- Non-Catholics can now be Godparents as long as one of them is Catholic. n/t	NutmegYankee	Dec-13-07 01:25 AM	#31
- Well of course they can't be god parents	Marrah_G	Dec-13-07 08:00 AM	#53
- Our daughter was baptized last year	Hans Moleman	Dec-13-07 05:07 PM	#66
- I left the Catholic Church because of my wedding.	chelaque liberal	Dec-13-07 08:19 AM	#56
- I was a bridesmaid in a Catholic wedding in 1990	JulieRB	Dec-13-07 09:02 AM	#57
- The Temple is a sacred place	DearAbby	Dec-12-07 11:04 PM	#8
- There is a difference between a Temple wedding and a non-Temple wedding	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:05 PM	#9
- Actually the ceremony in the temple is called a "sealing"	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:09 PM	#12
- Sealings seem to be referred to as weddings an awful lot by Mormons I know	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:16 PM	#16
- If a couple is married civilly first they get sealed in the temple	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:22 PM	#17
- ALL marriages are civil	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-12-07 11:43 PM	#22
- Oh I wont need to smack you	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:47 PM	#24
- Then there is common-law marriage.	Perragrande	Dec-13-07 02:49 AM	#33
- Not all in the west	TechBear_Seattle	Dec-13-07 08:14 AM	#54
- I have a question	Love Bug	Dec-13-07 12:03 PM	#62
- The man is able to remarry in the temple	FreeState	Dec-13-07 12:52 PM	#63
- Who cares?	rockymountaindem	Dec-12-07 11:08 PM	#11
- I don't want to go at all	DemGa	Dec-12-07 11:11 PM	#14
- parents can't even attend the actual ceremony, no one can	judaspriestess	Dec-12-07 11:11 PM	#13
- Any member with a temple recommend can attend	FreeState	Dec-12-07 11:14 PM	#15
- don't know why this one was different	judaspriestess	Dec-13-07 01:09 AM	#29
- Thats highly unusual	FreeState	Dec-13-07 02:51 AM	#34
- I loathe to admit I was raised a Mormon	gate of the sun	Dec-12-07 11:34 PM	#20
- gate of the sun	tekisui	Dec-13-07 01:00 AM	#28
- Read Sonia Johnson. She left because she couldn't stand being an oppressed woman.	Perragrande	Dec-13-07 02:52 AM	#35
- It's really nobody's business what those people do.	The_Casual_Observer	Dec-13-07 12:10 AM	#25
- Amen to that. Very well said.	Common Sense Party	Dec-13-07 12:28 AM	#26
- It IS if it's going to affect national policy	sjdnb	Dec-13-07 12:29 AM	#27
- It's not poking fun	silverojo	Dec-13-07 02:11 AM	#32
- Religion is not like race or sexuality.	Nabeshin	Dec-13-07 05:37 AM	#48
- All this talk about	MichaelHarris	Dec-13-07 01:18 AM	#30
- They ask people for the names of their dead relatives so they can baptise them.	Perragrande	Dec-13-07 02:55 AM	#36
- Thats not how its done	FreeState	Dec-13-07 03:06 AM	#37
- The LDS Genealogical "data"base is not fully purged	REP	Dec-13-07 03:18 AM	#40
- They did not agree to purge the names	FreeState	Dec-13-07 03:23 AM	#41
- Naw - Just not asking the records be removed	REP	Dec-13-07 03:29 AM	#43
- Sealings are not quite the same as marriages	REP	Dec-13-07 03:10 AM	#38
- Yes and no	FreeState	Dec-13-07 03:16 AM	#39
- I believe 2nd marriages are not sealed	REP	Dec-13-07 03:23 AM	#42
- Yeah that would be the sexism issue...	FreeState	Dec-13-07 03:30 AM	#44
- Thanks for understanding even though I messed up the genders!	REP	Dec-13-07 03:36 AM	#45
- Are you sure they were RLDS?	FreeState	Dec-13-07 12:57 PM	#64
- The Mormons I know are honest, hard working, family oriented people.	oasis	Dec-13-07 04:05 AM	#46
- Hubby gives you a secret name (the one he will use to call you to his planet	soothsayer	Dec-13-07 05:15 AM	#47
- almost	FreeState	Dec-13-07 11:55 AM	#59
- It's a good thing there were no Mormons involved at my wedding, then	DFW	Dec-13-07 05:44 AM	#49
- It happened to my brother	theHandpuppet	Dec-13-07 07:59 AM	#52
- And I'm not allowed to be bar-mitvah'd. What's your point?	JVS	Dec-13-07 08:14 AM	#55
- Then what am I going to do with this pen set I bought you?	spoony	Dec-13-07 11:59 AM	#61
- It's the whole blood soaked robes thing that they don't want to get out.	Javaman	Dec-13-07 11:35 AM	#58
- I can't tell if this post is a joke...	Momgonepostal	Dec-13-07 03:52 PM	#65
- So Christians don't allow gay people to get married?	Bornaginhooligan	Dec-13-07 11:56 AM	#60

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