Attending a wedding of a culture other than your own can feel a little intimidating, as you may not know what to expect. Attending a Mormon wedding is no exception to this rule! If you?re going to be attending a wedding that celebrates this faith, we have all the details of what you can expect from it here.
A Sacred Vow
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Mormon faith is that the church believes a marriage is meant for life on earth?but is also meant to last for all eternity. During a Mormon wedding ceremony, the bride and groom become ?sealed.? This means that they are sealed together as husband and wife on earth and in Heaven eternally. Instead of the officiant saying ?Til death do you part? like they do in many ceremonies, they?ll instead say, ?For time and all eternity.? This promise is between the couple and with the Lord to cherish their relationship and honor God in it as well. Since this is a sacred experience for the newly married couple, photos or videos of the sealing are not permitted. Who Can Attend"

If you want to attend a wedding ceremony at the Mormon church, you have to hold a special ?temple recommend? in order to witness the couple?s sealing. This shows leaders of the church that you are part of the faith and keeping the commitments you made to the Lord. In other words, it allows you to enter His Holy House.
If you don?t have the ?temple recommend? to enter into the ceremony, you will sit in a waiting room or wait right outside the T...