Tonight I was looking forward to blogging on our just-completed family trip to Romania, but my plans were preempted by Bill Handel, the LA-based radio talk show host. Handel is a Jewish atheist (which makes him less than fully Jewish in my eyes) who discusses religion frequently on his show. This morning he made fun of the Mormon practice of eternal marriage, and I thought that it was important to set the record straight. I’m under no illusion that Bill will stop making fun of religious practices, but some of his listeners may care about the accurate portrayal of religion in the media.
During a discussion on the Catholic Church’s view on gay marriage (which he supports), Handel made a satirical swipe at the Mormon practice of eternal marriage. In our church, faithful couples are “sealed” together for eternity – not until death do them part – in our temples. Any children that they have, or adopt, are also sealed to them in an eternal family unit.
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