Conjoined Twins and LDS Marriage

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Re: Conjoined Twins and LDS Marriage

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kamenraider wrote:I just saw a video on youtube about conjoined twins named Abigail and Brittany Hensel. They share the same body but have two hearts and two heads. Abigail controls the arm on her side and Brittany controls the arm on the other side. Each feels sensation on only her side of their upper torso.

This got me to thinking, what would happen if they were LDS and wanted to get married in the temple? They probably wouldn't wind up marrying two different guys since they both share their lower torso. Would there be two different sealings to the same man? Would the Church be so polygaphobic that they would be denied permission to be married or sealed? It's an interesting question to ponder. What do you think would happen?


I predict a SocialCam wedding night video, a "naïve" Dr. Peterson, and a hand-caught-in-the-cookie-jar apology.

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What if one wanted to be baptized and the other one didn't?

What if one converted and wanted to married in the temple but the other one is still not a Mormon?

It can be so hard getting religion to fit into the real world.
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kamenraider wrote:They probably wouldn't wind up marrying two different guys since they both share their lower torso.

Am I the only person here who's troubled by the suggestion that a woman has to have her own personal vagina in order to warrant a monogamous relationship?
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by the way, it was announced a few years ago that one (yes, just one) of the women was engaged. Not sure if they went through with the wedding or if the engagement is off, as I can't find any information about it.
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lulu wrote:It can be so hard getting religion to fit into the real world.

Quote of the day.

Such a conundrum... two heads, one vagina, one uterus. Surely there is something in the great revelation, the Proclamation on the Family, that covers this. Isn't it marvelous? Isn't it wonderful?
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I'm pondering why God would give us such a conundrum without providing clarity in either scripture or Church Handbooks....


You obviously haven't read the Handbook or the scriptures.

Why couldn't they both get him in the resurrection?


Plural marriage does seem like a possibility in this case.
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bcspace wrote:
What do you think would happen?


With the plural marriage option, I'll bet it would be sanctioned by both the Church and the state. They may also prefer and be able to convince two men. I'd also wager the Church and state would be fine in that case too.

There are many videos of this pair. Here are two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkKWApOAG2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbiMJyT4hPE


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MsJack wrote:
kamenraider wrote:They probably wouldn't wind up marrying two different guys since they both share their lower torso.

Am I the only person here who's troubled by the suggestion that a woman has to have her own personal vagina in order to warrant a monogamous relationship?


It certainly is an advantage to have your own personal vagina. These girls don't have their own personal vaginas and must necessarily have sex with the other's husband. Is there a way to get around that? Meaning, in the sense that Mormonism could sanction, not in the sense that the girls have the ability to make their relationships work in whatever way they might, in the spirit of monogamy if not reality.
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