Charles McCollum: The question, 'Are you LDS?' seems to be very accepted in Utah.
The angel Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake Temple is silhouetted against a cloud-covered sky, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Feb. 6, 2013.You might call it Utah radar.
Of course, many don’t clearly fit in one category or the other. For instance, someone might be a born Latter-Day Saint but no longer active or particularly religious. Someone else might border on fundamentalism. Whatever the case, it is all duly recorded in this sizing-up process. Of course it’s wrong to stereotype, but in most cases the motive for pigeonholing each other is pure. Once you have your answer, if you’re at all sensitive to those around you, you’ll modify your behavior to keep from making the other person uncomfortable.
Knowing that church affiliation can translate into votes, Utah’s state and local politicians will often make a point of letting their LDS colors fly, though they avoid being so blatant as to outright state their religion. Using certain words and phrases or quoting LDS prophets usually gets the job done.
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