8 Responses to “Do Mormans consumate their marriage in the temple after the …”
Vicente Silva
2011-06-05 22:58:59
Temple Square is one of Utah's most visited attractions, drawing millions of visitors a year.
Hi Jan. Thanks for your question. I'm happy to report that there is no sex or nudity or anything else scandalous happening in Mormon temples. I'm actually a clergyman who works in the temple (an "ordinance worker"), so I can say with great confidence that you have been misinformed.
Melissa
2011-06-05 15:50:57
The San Diego temple in San Diego, California.
Having been married myself, in the temple, and having been to many other marriages that took place in the temple I can say the answer to your question is a definite NO.
Marriage in the temple is a very sweet and special experience.
The person doing the marriage ceremony first gives the couple council, like, ways you can be nice to each other and have a good marriage (nothing sexual at all) and then they go into the marriage portion of the ceremony.
In many ways, it is similar to a ceremony that would take place in a church. The rooms are small though, not like a large chapel or anything like that.
The people in attendance sit in chairs that line the walls as the ceremony takes place and the couple is in the middle of the room.
After the ceremony is over, which like I stated before, is somewhat like any other marriage ceremony except the promises are for eternity, the people in attendance are invited to come and congratulate the couple and then you leave.
Anything sexually intimate between a married couple takes place in private, should never be observed by anyone else, and is only supposed to be between husband and wife.
Peter
2011-06-06 04:56:29
Hello Jan, No. When a man and woman are married in the Temple they kneel across from each other at an alter. They make sacred covenants and are promised eternal blessings. After the ceremony, family and friends congratulate the newlyweds. In seperate and private locker rooms they change from their special Temple clothes into the clothing they want for photo outside. The couple do like many newlyweds do. Go to the privacy of a hotel and consummate their marriage by them selves. Intimacy between a husband and wife is private and sacred. They should not discuss their intimacy with anyone.
Anonymous_131
2011-06-05 12:45:56
Lol where have you heard this from, no of course they dont I think newly weds would at least wait till they got home lol or hotel like any other person would lol. Good question tho C
Anonymous
2011-06-05 22:35:16
No
Richard
2011-06-05 23:43:46
:-O!!!!! NO!!!.. That is what the honeymoon is for! No consummation of anything goes on in temples. Good question, maybe all the world needs to learn the Truth about that one.
Shalon
2011-06-06 04:13:31
No, the closest thing to nakedness in the temple is when you are changing from your street clothes into your Temple clothes. This is done in private stalls in a locker room, and you keep your underthings on the whole time. Otherwise you never even approach a situation where your clothing would be off. The Temple sealing ceremony is actually pretty quick and the main reason it takes any time is if the couple are performing other ordinances. Otherwise they are in and out in less than twenty minutes. I also want to point out that watching someone else have sex constitutes a form of pornography and I'm sure you know the LDS stance on that.
Pamela Dean Bonta
2011-06-06 10:48:55
No. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do not engage in any such practice. Intimacy between a husband and wife is a very private act, between the two of them and no one else. There are some who believe that other self-styled 'Mormon' cultures do engage in such practices, such as the FLDS, but that church is not affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in any way.
Marriage in the temple is a very sweet and special experience.
The person doing the marriage ceremony first gives the couple council, like, ways you can be nice to each other and have a good marriage (nothing sexual at all) and then they go into the marriage portion of the ceremony.
In many ways, it is similar to a ceremony that would take place in a church. The rooms are small though, not like a large chapel or anything like that.
The people in attendance sit in chairs that line the walls as the ceremony takes place and the couple is in the middle of the room.
After the ceremony is over, which like I stated before, is somewhat like any other marriage ceremony except the promises are for eternity, the people in attendance are invited to come and congratulate the couple and then you leave.
Anything sexually intimate between a married couple takes place in private, should never be observed by anyone else, and is only supposed to be between husband and wife.