So what happens in an LDS temple? New guide offers first-timers real answers.

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(File photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The bride's room in the Hartford Connecticut Temple.

(File photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The bride's room in the Hartford Connecticut Temple.

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