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Thanks for that clarification. Whew!

Once the broken cabinet goes to the garage, does it ever get fixed? I think people put a lot of 'projects' in the garage that would be better off in the landfill. 

I'm not gonna lie - when I pass an open garage door and the garage is filled to bursting, I think the person has some sort of moral failing. A few garden implements or the stray fridge/freezer is one thing, tons of unorganized stuff? No. 

Let's not get stupid.

I'm not gonna lie - when I pass an open garage door and the garage is filled to bursting, I think the person has some sort of moral failing. A few garden implements or the stray fridge/freezer is one thing, tons of unorganized stuff? No. 

Wait a minute - who are all these Mormons drinking Tequila?   I can't leave you people alone for a second.

You gotta problem with the Ramones? What's wrong with you?
 

Trick question.  “Real” Mormons would be calling themselves “latter-day saints”.   

Sorry, anything produced after 1985 doesn't count as Star Wars and is unwatchable.

Wow.  Way to make that weird.
Let's simplify a little and state, up front, that sealings are performed to grant additional blessings--both in this life and the one to follow--to those who maintain their covenants with God.  A sealing is not the same thing as a marriage, and a sealing does not grant ownership of possession of a child born within that sealing.
It would be wise to note that the sealing policies of the Church (which are meant to reflect nuclear family life to some extent) are not direct, one-to-one analogs to family life in heaven.
So, the simplest answer to the question is this: A child is born in the covenant and entitled to the blessing of the sealing covenant if the mother is part of a valid sealing covenant at the time of the child's birth.

Here ya go:

Really? Maybe in private industry, but I'm in a state university with a ton o'anti harassment/discrimination rules. They'd have me on my knees in HR before I knew what was happening if I even looked like I was talking about pornography in the workplace. Plus, tho I am not in Utah and am the only LDS my co-workers know, almost all of them go to church and I can't imagine they would think porn was an appropriate topic for work.
Goodness - they even put 'trigger warning' when they send out an email if there's been an alleged sexual attack in the dorms or in town.

A lot of men worried about what a woman does.
The question should be, 'Would you date or marry a man who wanted to condemn you for something you did before you even met him and before you were a member of the Church?'

I just got a FB post from a sister in the ward, wanting to know how to research the candidates.  Voting is tomorrow. Personally, if you are that ignorant of the candidates and issues so that you don't bother about them until the day before the election, you shouldn't vote.
I'm just gonna say that I left the plantation. You couldn't pay me to vote Democrat. Yes, I'm one of those who votes a straight ticket. As far as I'm concerned, there are no 'good' Democrats in office. They are out to ruin families, keep blacks as an underclass, ruin the economy and give it over to globalists, and erase American culture. In my mind, there is no 'best person for the job' if that person's party is anti-life and anti-America.
I lived in Seattle for almost 5 years. I know what a government based on liberalism looks like and it ain't pretty.
Also, this 'they need to work with other parties' stuff is a mistake. Work with other parties how - vote for 3rd trimester abortion? Allow all undocumented illegals in? Where do you compromise your principals? It's bad enough when corporate Republicans fail to act on illegal aliens because they need the labor (I'm looking at you G. Bush). I don't have to go looking for places to compromise my beliefs just because some people think it will make me look like a better person. 

A lot of men worried about what a woman does.
The question should be, 'Would you date or marry a man who wanted to condemn you for something you did before you even met him and before you were a member of the Church?'

A lot of men worried about what a woman does.
The question should be, 'Would you date or marry a man who wanted to condemn you for something you did before you even met him and before you were a member of the Church?'

A lot of men worried about what a woman does.
The question should be, 'Would you date or marry a man who wanted to condemn you for something you did before you even met him and before you were a member of the Church?'

A lot of men worried about what a woman does.
The question should be, 'Would you date or marry a man who wanted to condemn you for something you did before you even met him and before you were a member of the Church?'

Apparently there is an unwritten rule in our ward that all verses of all hymns are always sung.  Maybe with the reduced meeting time, we will sing 2 verses and be done with it.  Except for 'If You Could Hie to Kolob.' I love that one. We can sing all the verses every Sunday as far as I'm concerned. 

Thanks. I didn't know it was a stake kinda thing.

I don't know how many people just going to the temple stay over night in Nauvoo (spending money), but Nauvoo is my temple and we go to the fudge shop, sometimes the souvenir places, and have a meal. I imagine many visitors do the same, tho not sure if that's enough to keep it from becoming a ghost town.

A stake representative, with no warning and completely out of context, told me this story about a similar situation. A single mother with 4 young kids was told by a local bishop that she had to attend church not in the chapel around the corner but 45 minutes away. This 45 minutes in snowy Canada on a Sunday (no plows out) becomes frankly white knuckle dangerous especially in a rural setting. So what happened? We lost that family.
Eternal consequences for generations. 
There are times when local representatives need to use their heads

Ya, and where would all those full time hecklers would lose their jobs

Can long time members tell me why these pageants should end? I attended the Nauvoo pageant a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Maybe because I was a new member, I dunno. It was like going to outdoor theater. I thought it was fine, so I was a bit surprised to see this new statement. Do they take too much money and members' time or something?

Someone did a fun line-drawing animation to part of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt by Grieg - great fun: