Editing Mormonism and polygamy (section)

=== Multiple sealings when marriages end in divorce ===
	
A man who is sealed to a woman but later divorced must apply for a "sealing clearance" from the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] in order to be sealed to another woman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why must one who is divorced be cleared by the First Presidency to go back to the temple? |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1976/02/i-have-a-question/why-must-one-who-is-divorced-be-cleared-by-the-first-presidency-to-go-back-to-the-temple?lang=eng |access-date=2021-11-11 |website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> Receiving clearance does not void or invalidate the first sealing. A woman in the same circumstances would apply to the First Presidency for a "cancellation of sealing" (sometimes called a "temple divorce"), allowing her to be sealed to another man. This approval voids the original sealing as far as the woman is concerned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=C |first=Angela |date=2019-06-26 |title=Clearance vs. Cancellation |url=https://bycommonconsent.com/2019/06/26/clearance-vs-cancellation/ |access-date=2021-11-11 |website=By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog |language=en}}</ref> Divorced women who have not applied for a sealing cancellation are considered sealed to the original husband. However, according to Drs. Joseph Stuart and Janiece Johnson of the [[Maxwell Institute|Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship]], even in the afterlife the marriage relationship is voluntary, so no person could be forced into an eternal relationship through a temple sealing they do not wish to be in.<ref>{{Cite podcast |url=https://mi.byu.edu/abide-19-doctrine-and-covenants-129-132/ |title=Abide #19: Doctrine and Covenants 129-132 |website=Abide: A Maxwell Institute Podcast |publisher=[[Maxwell Institute|Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship]] |last=Stuart |first=Joseph |last2=Johnson |first2=Janiece |access-date=December 3, 2021 }} "All eternal relationships are voluntary. We will not be forced into anything eternally" (39:32).</ref> Divorced women may also be granted a cancellation of sealing, even though they do not intend to marry someone else. In this case, they are no longer regarded as being sealed to anyone and are presumed to have the same eternal status as unwed women.