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JDPriestly

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1. Mormons don't drink -- as a rule.

Reply to EVDebs (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 05:13 PM

Jan 2012

That's probably why they are preferred for positions that require them to be very alert and wary at all times.

However, I know Mormons who drink. I know Mormons who are emotionally unstable. And I know a Mormon who is an alcoholic.

So stereotypes are to be applied cautiously.

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