Kayla Bach is getting married in the Newport Beach, Calif., Latter-day Saint temple in little more than a week.
So when leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that it was eliminating the yearlong waiting period between a civil marriage and a temple “sealing,” Bach thought it was an important, inclusive change for U.S. members in the global faith.
Initially, though, Bach — an undergraduate at Provo’s Brigham Young University — didn’t imagine it would apply to her.
When Bach’s father joined the Utah-based faith 31 years ago, none of his family could attend his temple wedding.