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Jana Riess: Part 2 on new Latter-day Saint temple recommend questions — from garments to Sabbath to Word of Wisdom

In my previous column, I explored how changes to the temple recommend interview of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might affect members around the world.

In that column, we looked specifically at the new wording about chastity and what could happen for church members who disagree with the institution’s official stance about, for example, same-sex marriage. About the former, my take was “we’ll see.” On the latter I pronounced myself “worried.”

Here, I’ll delve into Sabbath-keeping, the Word of Wisdom and whether Latter-day Saints are still expected to wear their temple garments around the clock.