Now 39 and an editor of an alternative weekly newspaper in Phoenix, Ariz., Laake blames the church and its patriarchal priesthood for her inability to enjoy marital intercourse, for her three failed marriages, for her attempted suicide and for the two months she spent in a psychiatric institution. Laake was raised a Mormon and in the early '70s attended Brigham Young University, where, before graduating, she married a man she says she never loved. Her book has zoomed to fourth place on The New York Times best-seller list. $20), enough readers want to know the answer. But what can a Mormon woman look forward to when she fails in marriage?įortunately for ex-Mormon Deborah Laake, author of a sudsy new autobiography, "Secret Ceremonies" (240 pages. Obviously, the Mormon afterlife is no place for singles, which explains why the Latter-day Saints put so much emphasis on earthly marriage and the family. For those couples so exalted, heaven is an eternal round of reproduction of "spirit children" destined to populate other planets. One of the key doctrines that distinguish Mormonism from all other religions is its belief that only married couples can attain the highest reaches of heaven.
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