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The Shadow Side of Eternal Marriage: When Families Can Be Separated Forever

The Mormon promise that "families can be together forever" carries a shadow most members rarely acknowledge openly. For many who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the doctrine of eternal marriage functioned less as a comforting guarantee and more as a conditional threat. The unspoken corollary to families being together forever is that families can be separated forever, a reality that shaped the religious anxiety of countless children raised under its weight. In interviews with Mormon Stories Podcast, former members have described how this teaching created