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I discovered yesterday that if you get a divorce you cannot work at the temple for 5 years.

There is apparently a woman who is divorcing her abusive husband and has been told that she cannot come back to work at the temple (as a temple worker, not as a patron) for the next 5 years.

Isn't now the time when this woman needs these blessings the most?

just me wrote:I discovered yesterday that if you get a divorce you cannot work at the temple for 5 years.

There is apparently a woman who is divorcing her abusive husband and has been told that she cannot come back to work at the temple (as a temple worker, not as a patron) for the next 5 years.

Isn't now the time when this woman needs these blessings the most?

Hmmm...this sounds like an incentive not a punishment...

Perform community service instead. I believe you'll get closer to God doing that then doing temple work for a thousand holocaust Jews anyway.

Drifting wrote:
Hmmm...this sounds like an incentive not a punishment...

Sadly, I'm sure this woman does not see it that way.

To me it seems like it would only add to the humiliation and difficulty of it all.

It's certainly not as bad as being fired a la CES, but it still seems OTT.

I wonder if this is guidelines or just some over zealous leader?

Seems like a long time for those that enjoy working there.

just me wrote:

Drifting wrote:
Hmmm...this sounds like an incentive not a punishment...

Sadly, I'm sure this woman does not see it that way.

To me it seems like it would only add to the humiliation and difficulty of it all.

It's certainly not as bad as being fired a la CES, but it still seems OTT.

Yeah, it's like the Church is saying 'Look at her, she's LOST her Priesthood holding husband, no blessings for her'.

Priesthood Trump's morality every time....

This is proof that spiritual purity slowly builds over time. After you do something dirty, like get a divorce, you have to sit around and wait until your purity tank refills.

(Jenn Kamp)

The moral of the story is that God wants you to stay with your abusive spouse no matter what.

Stormy Waters wrote:The moral of the story is that God wants you to stay with your abusive spouse no matter what.

Try to not confuse "God" with "the church".

Tobin wrote:Perform community service instead. I believe you'll get closer to God doing that then doing temple work for a thousand holocaust Jews anyway.

She can still do temple work. What she's barred from is being a temple worker. There's a big difference there.