I appreciated the fact that Ms. Whitney was actually trying to be very careful about our sacred rites in the temple, but of course (like every faithful member who watched) when the narrator said something to the effect that the temple used "secret rites" my skin crawled. I know darn well if they had written this for a Buddhist temple rite, even if it was secret, they would have called it "Sacred" rites. More than any other word, most Mormons hate the term "secret" in place of "sacred" in mention of rites or the temple in general. Like I said I can't remember exactly what the narrator said was "secret", but it's just one of those make your skin crawl kind of words with many of us.

One theme that I feel could have been shown more was the fact that many women in the church are homemakers and not professionals out of the home, and STILL are fulfilled. Yes, there are a few years when you can't feel that fulfillment to well while you're having babies, but for the most part, I and others like me are grateful to be home with our kids and not have them raised by semi-professional babysitters.

The only thing that really bugged me was that if a man or woman is a homosexual in the church, just like the one church historian said, they have a choice to marry the opposite sex or be celibate. He made it sound so sad for these people that the church would ask a gay or lesbian person to be celibate if they want to continue actively serving in the church, but failed to mention we ask this of ALL church members. Either be married or live a celibate and chaste life, no matter what your natural inclinations are. That's what our church doctrine refers to as "putting off the natural man". It also failed to mention that when members live by the standards of sexual purity before marriage (which my husband and I chose to do) there are a lot of today's social and sexual diseases that couples don't have to face. The same goes for when they choose to live a faithful married life.

The other thing about being a homosexual in the church is that, so long as you are living a celibate life or have married someone of the opposite sex, you can still participate in most callings in the church. In the Catholic church, if you are gay, you can serve in much higher positions, but you still have to live a celibate life in order to be a priest or bishop. The hard part for many, understandably so, is if they choose to live a homosexual "Lifestyle" and are therefore excommunicated from the church. The same thing happens when someone cheats on their spouse or teaches false doctrine or unapproved doctrine and won't stop or decides they want to become a Polygamist.

The whole polygamy segment didn't bother me so much, except it hardly went into mainstream Mormon families on the first episode and that really bugged me. I feel a lot more mainstream Mormons could have been interviewed and shown, but I'm sure the Anti's felt there wasn't enough of them represented too.