Big Love, Bad Taste
Like other faiths, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes finds itself on the receiving end of attention from Hollywood or Broadway, television series or books, and the news media. Sometimes depictions of the Church and its people are quite accurate. Sometimes the images are false or play to stereotypes. Occasionally, they are in appallingly bad taste. We as a family are saddened by the lack of sensitivity and bad taste HBO is showing in their series “Big Love” and how they depict sacred temple ceremonies. What can we say to this? “It’s HBO friends, look no further.” Visit the Church’s web site to read the official statement: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-publicity-dilemma.
YouTube also has a great clip from the church on why Mormons build temples. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/mormonmessages
This too shall pass. The ironic thing about the whole situation is that the publicity received by the church will do nothing more than spark even more interest and help the church grow, just as it did during the Mitt Romney campaign. 🙂
