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Originally posted by BetaRose
Church = regular Sunday meetinghouse. Non-LDS guests are welcomed and encouraged.
Temple = Special facility only for LDS members who have secured a temple recommend. Most adult LDS members are able to get this, unless they have committed a greivious sin.
You can get married in the church if you aren't LDS, but it is pretty uncommon since temple marriage is so strongly emphasized. The emphasis is beause a wedding in a church is only "till death do us part", while a temple wedding is "for time and all eternity." Church weddings generally only happens when one of the parties is not LDS and is not going to convert, or if one of the parties is unable to secure a temple recommend. In my entire membership, I only knew of 1 wedding held in the church instead of the temple.
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Out of curiosity, what is considered a greivious sin?