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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I met some Mormon guys at my last job. One thing that was striking was that they were children of, or married to people that had converted and came to this country. One guy was converted in Brazil and was sponsored by Mormon family in Utah to study at BYU. Another one, his mom was Mormon from Brazil. He married a convert from Ireland.

None of their wives worked outside the home. They seem little chauvinistic and would flirt with women at the office. I think one was having an affair. It's like an exclusive club. If you put BYU on your job resume, you will have a good chance of getting an interview. [/quote]

I don't doubt you, but I just wanted to note that this is completely the opposite of every mormon man I've met (which is not tons, but at least a solid handful).  All were really, really nice guys.  Not flirtatious in the least, but still friendly.  Didn't come off as chauvinist, either.   Of course, they very well may have had private beliefs that they just kept to themselves, but I knew several Mormons in law school, and I never a got a "you don't belong here" kind of vibe.  I remember one guy mentioning that his wife considered herself to be a feminist, and he said it without any sort derision (and I think it was in a conversation about how it was possible to hold some values typically thought to be "liberal" in the LDS faith, but I don't recall specifics).

Overall, every Momon I've met has been a very, very nice person.  I'm secularly Christian and very liberal, but I'm also perfectly happy to spend time with people who have different political or religious views, as long as I don't feel like they're pushy about them, or feel judged around them.

DH jokes that the Mormons are going to take over the US with their large families, and because they're such nice people, no one will see it coming.  [/quote]

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