Buffalo wrote:I suppose that's one way to think of it. Another take is that they lied, realized that you can't get away with lying to outsiders with a video camera, and wisely corrected themselves.
Some of the ex-mos were a little ridiculous, but the LDS church produces a lot of ridiculous people, inside and outside the faith.
I watched the interview on Sunday. Thanks to those who provided the link.
My reaction was mixed. I disagree with Subgenius' take on the mother crying about not seeing her daughter married in the temple, and having to wait outside. I think that her feelings were genuine. My daughter was married in the temple last summer. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to help her get dressed, etc. It would have killed me to have had to wait outside. We had an unusual situation with my daughter's wedding because her (now husband) had joined the Church the year prior. His parents were not members. We had a ring ceremony at a beautifully decorated clubhouse later that day, so that his parents could be a part of the day. They were really great. i think, however, it might have been harder on them had they been "giving away" a daughter rather than a son. There is just something about a wedding being the bride's day.
Sorry for the tangent.
That being said, it also looked to me like that interview was cut in order to make the Church look bad. Elder Holland seemed angry...beyond agitated. And, being a person who has had professional experience with film editing, it looked to me like the interviewer had agitated Holland off-camera, and then cut things together to make it look as if he was very calm while Holland was obviously not.
*snort