UPDATE: Read this statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.UPDATE 2: Read what I think about the issue now.One of my friends sent an email to me today describing an upcoming episode of "Big Love", a show on HBO focused on Utah polygamists who "officially" aren't LDS, but who, by living in Utah, might as well be Mormon to the vast majority of the population who think Utah = Mormons = polygamists.
So what, right? We're used to it, right? Here's the deal, though: unless we take action, next week's episode, as reported by TV Guide, is set to have the show's characters re-enact sacred temple ceremonies.

If you're not LDS and you're reading this, you may wonder why such a portrayal would be so offensive. I don't know really how to put it into words, but for me, the closest I feel to God is when I'm in the temple. The way I go about approaching Him, even though it's the same holy and sacred experience for millions of Mormons, is extremely, extremely personal. So, to have these things broadcast is just insensitive and ugly and in incredibly poor taste.
So, I'm asking you to do something right now. Go to HBO's website (link provided below) and calmly, nicely, but forcefully express your thoughts and feelings. Whether you are LDS, whether you are not, whether you love Mormons, whether you hate Mormons, we have enough in common to know the right thing to do is respect others' religious beliefs and practices, yes? I hope so.
So,
go here to make your opinion known, and tell HBO to not air this episode.
Here's what I wrote HBO:Allow me express my utmost dismay and sorrow at your upcoming episode of Big Love, "Going to the Chapel", featuring a re-creation of sacred ceremonies within Latter-day Saint temples.
The lack of respect for and barely-masked hostility towards something sacred and holy for millions of Latter-day Saints around the globe is unconscionable.
I do not argue your right of creative expression or free speech. At times, however, things are best left unsaid and unexpressed, especially when such actions are cause for so much offense and distress for millions. Where is your conscience? Where is your compassion?
The Temple is a sublime place, and the ceremonies conducted within its walls are just as beautiful. They are not displayed in public or discussed in great detail because of their extremely personal and sacred nature. The communion with God one feels while at the Temple is holy, and it is not, despite your claims or wants or desires to the contrary, for public exhibition.
I urge you, in all civility, to reconsider your decision to broadcast this upcoming episode of Big Love featuring temple ceremonies. The episode is inappropriate, insenstive, inhumane, degrading and saddening for all involved, not just Latter-day Saints.
By degrading us, you do no service to yourselves, your craft, and your viewers.