It's not much different in the Southern Bible Belt, though....
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Originally Posted by catzmeow
Indeed. I lived for ten years in Utah, and at the time was an evangelical Christian. It was decidedly uncomfortable at times because the mormon faith was so interwoven into EVERYTHING.
The biggest concern I had, as a parent, was how I would raise my children to have their own distinct worldviews according to our own faith when they were surrounded on all sides and in every way by a faith that I did not consider "true."
I mean, for instance, school prayer takes on a whole new light when you realize that your daughter will be one of the few non-Mormons in the class, and that she has even learned to pray in a different way/style. Whose way is "right"? Whose way is imposed on everyone else?
And if you are one of those in the minority, how would you feel?
I'll tell you, living in Utah definitely changed my views on Church/State separation.
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Those who intermingle church and state invariably invade the bedroom, determine that only Protestant churches are to be intermingled with state, often to the exclusion of Catholics, Orthodox, and other Christians. They form coalitions which bully out secular charitable organizations too; where I live, there are only Protestant thrift shops but not a single Disabled American Veteran thriftshop and Goodwill Industries was just booted out not long ago. There is no Deseret nor any St. Vincent De Paul's anything, not even a food bank.