The Temple Wedding Petition coordinators and website administrator sent a letter to President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on June 19, 2010. It is done so with the hope of placing the temple marriage policy directly in front of him for consideration before we approach the media for coverage, if necessary, of the hand delivery of the petition in October. Click on the links below to view the documents in JPG format.
As of August 5th, neither President Monson or any Church leader has responded to the letter. ____________________________________________________________________________________
The Arizona Republic has published a story about Cheri Richardson and her personal family story of non-mormon's being excluded from her son's wedding.
Also, Benee Kent from the Exmo Radio Show blog has interviewed petition coordinators Jean and Michelle and the podcast is archived and available online. Click the radio show link above.
An advance press release was distributed to media outlets informing them of the petition effort. Click on read me to view the news release.
The following are three letters of correspondence between Elder L. Tom Perry
earlier this year regarding the church's hurtful practice of excluding
non-Mormon family from weddings. He completely ignores a specific statement, not requesting that non-Mormons be allowed to enter
the temple, simply that the one year waiting period for sealing in the temple for LDS couples who wed civil first be done away with. Click on the links below to read an official response from the LDS Church.
The folllowing podcast is featured on Mormon Expression podcast website. It's an interview conducted by John Larsen with petition coordinators Jean Bodie and Michelle Spencer. Click the link below to download and listen to the broadcast or click the link above to visit the website and listen online to podcast #34.
To view a video below, simple click on the links. Please be patient as each video load takes a few moments. We invite your feedback or questions as it relates to these video presentations. If you have a question you'd like to ask Jean or Michelle, please contact us.
The following video is about what inspired the temple wedding petition.
In the following video, we discuss whether a civil marriage ceremony lessens the importance of an LDS temple sealing ceremony as well as free agency and choice.
Wondering whether LDS Church leaders will take the petition seriously? When people speak out, they can bring about positive change as has been shown throughout history.
Reasons why the LDS Church policy should be done away with are discussed and why LDS couples are having to make a choice now that shouldn't be there in the first place.
We hope that even though the LDS Church leaders are slow to change, that they will be compassionate and remove the one year waiting period policy from LDS Couples who choose a civil marriage first.
