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Originally Posted by Chief Faithful
In May 2009, it was discovered that President Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, "who died in 1995, was baptized posthumously into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day [sic] Saints last year during her son's campaign. The White House declined to comment Tuesday [May 5, 2009]."[61] The June 4, 2008 baptism was performed in the Provo Utah Temple, and a week later the ritual of endowment was performed on behalf of Dunham. LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter confirmed that someone did perform a proxy baptism for Dunham, but said it was "counter to [LDS] Church policy for a church member to submit names for baptism for persons to whom they are not related."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead |
Well, that's interesting. It's against church policy and you have to be related. You also don't need the body to be present. So its basically some people sitting in a room far away and long after you are dead, talking about you.