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Originally Posted by Vort
Four families in six years = an average of one family every 18 months. A shameful occurrence, to be sure; but given that you are living in a city that is probably a third Mormon and that you are surrounded by Latter-day Saints, meeting one bad apple (or family) every 18 months should not be overly surprising.
Like, for example, if they're unfriendly to you when they find out you're not LDS?
4 times in 6 years != common.
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Vort,
You're doing a good job of trying to dismiss a valid complaint about common -- yes, common -- Mormon behavior that goes directly counter to what GBH told members to do. And if I know that he gave a talk on this very thing, it has to be common knowledge among Mormons in Utah, because I read it in the Salt Lake Tribune.
I have had several friends who are non-members with school-age children express puzzlement at the number of their kids' friend who could no longer play at their house because the friends' parents found out they are "non-members."
My father was in the army when I was growing up. We lived a number of different places, including the deep South, and I was never barred from being friends with anyone because of my religion. Not once in 17 years. I think fours time is a LOT for such weird behavior.