Stoic? LDS faith has passions that percolate

By Jerry Johnston
Deseret Morning News
Published: Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:07 a.m. MST
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Mormons can't call themselves the "frozen chosen." That name is already taken by the Lutherans. But there always has been something sturdy and steadfast about LDS Church members — as if their founders came from the rugged, dry-eyed stock of New England farm families, then came West to live as flinty-eyed John Waynes.

Which is pretty much what happened.

Still, I have found a great deal of feeling bubbling below the surface of most stoic Saints. Anyone who's tried to take a charge on defense in a church basketball game or has kissed a Mormon girl after asking for her hand knows what I'm talking about.

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