What will they (the Big 3 and the Terrible 12) do when. . .

[_The Mighty Builder]

some Returning Missionaries holding current temple recommends, given to them by their Mission President, get civilly married 24 hours after getting home. And then as a demonstration of their abiding and lasting love attend the temple, not to be sealed but to just attend.

No harm right, they have broken no laws sense they were legally and lawfully married and they are morally clean by the evidence of holding current temple recommends.

What should the reaction of the 15 be when this happy whole couple go through the temple and participate in Sealing, Initiatory and Endowments for the dead?

Oh, and what if this happy whole loving couple are two former Elders who fall in love on their mission and demonstrate that love by getting married in Massachusetts.

[_harmony]

They'd be ex'ed the instant they set foot outside the courthouse in Mass.

[_The Mighty Builder]

Nope, private ceremony held in the woods by an authorized agent of the court. No one knows but the statistical clerk in the county records department.

[_Joseph]

The gatekeepers at the entrance to the Temple would be impressed by The Holy Ghost that something was very wrong when they walked through the doors. They would be stopped and the Temple President would be inspired to come to the entrance and show them the way out before they even got past the front desk. Inspired Leadership would be instantly alerted and stop perverts from entering the Temple.

See, they would not make it in so this is a non-question. No unworthy type gets in because of all the inspired folk who will hold them out.

[_Mephitus]

The gatekeepers at the entrance to the Temple would be impressed by The Holy Ghost that something was very wrong when they walked through the doors. They would be stopped and the Temple President would be inspired to come to the entrance and show them the way out before they even got past the front desk. Inspired Leadership would be instantly alerted and stop perverts from entering the Temple.

See, they would not make it in so this is a non-question. No unworthy type gets in because of all the inspired folk who will hold them out.

I can name at least 4 people that have forged temple recomends as completely non-members and attended without issue. They where there purely for educational purposes.

[_harmony]

I don't see 1) why they'd want to attend the temple any more often than they had to... 2) what difference anyone thinks it would make (unworthy priesthood holders do ordinances all the time and the ordinances still stand)... and 3) how they think they could hide it from their families.

[_Joseph]

Joseph wrote:
The gatekeepers at the entrance to the Temple would be impressed by The Holy Ghost that something was very wrong when they walked through the doors. They would be stopped and the Temple President would be inspired to come to the entrance and show them the way out before they even got past the front desk. Inspired Leadership would be instantly alerted and stop perverts from entering the Temple.

See, they would not make it in so this is a non-question. No unworthy type gets in because of all the inspired folk who will hold them out.

I can name at least 4 people that have forged temple recomends as completely non-members and attended without issue. They where there purely for educational purposes.
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It is called sarcasm.