LDS temple marriage
New memoir unpacks what Mormon girls are taught about marriage
By Jana Riess — November 15, 2022
(RNS) — 'I needed to learn that I get to decide what my life looks life,' says Rachel Rueckert, author of the new memoir 'East Winds.'
Being excluded from a Mormon temple wedding
By Jana Riess — June 22, 2018
Mette Harrison just sat out a Mormon temple wedding for the first time in her adult life, remaining outside while the rest of her family celebrated a sealing ceremony within. Why does the LDS Church exclude so many loved ones from a couple's big day?
The Mormon temple wedding photo game
By Jana Riess — May 16, 2017
Mormons too often judge each other's righteousness just by glancing at clothing choices, hairstyles, and piercings -- and guest blogger Mette Harrison has had enough of this superficial judgmentalism.
Polygamy lives on in Mormon temple sealings
By Jana Riess — August 3, 2016
While plural marriage has officially been banned by the LDS Church for more than a hundred years, the truth and lived reality for many modern Mormon women is actually far more complicated. Tracy McKay-Lamb is one of those women.
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