Religion: Temple of the Five Rooms

One of the biggest tourist attractions in California is a Mormon temple. Each day this week, some 5,000 to 8,000 visitors are walking through the brand-new Los Angeles Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to see the largest and most magnificent of the ten Mormon temples in the world.* On Feb. 18 the temple will be closed to repair the carpets and wipe out the finger smudges left by this invasion. After its dedication on March 11, the temple may be visited only by Mormons in good standing—and by these only after they put on white robes...