Personally know? I'm in Illinois. Mormons are about 1% of the population here. The ones I've met are all pretty decent people. I can give you plenty of data showing the "average" Mormon adheres to morality better than the "average" Christian in America. This does not excuse their wacky church doctrines, it simply shows Catholics and Protestants need to practice what they preach. I've met plenty of Catholics and Protestants who could care less what their church teaches. There are a couple of Mormons who defy their church doctrines (Mitt Romney being the most obvious example when he was pro-abortion and pro-gay), but I've met far more Catholics and Protestants who claim to be "good Christians" and support crap like homo marriage.
Do you deny this data?
SEXUAL ATTITUDES. A greater percentage of Latter-day Saints disapprove of premarital sex, extramarital sex, and homosexuality than any other religious group. 58 percent of the Latter-day Saints said that premarital sex is always wrong, compared with 34 percent of Protestants and 25 percent of Catholics. About three-fourths of Protestants and more than two-thirds of Catholics said that extramarital sex and homosexuality are always wrong, compared to 90 percent of Latter-day Saints. (See Teachings About Sexuality home page)
SUBSTANCE USE. LDS doctrine prohibits the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other addictive drugs. Among adults and adolescents, usage rates are considerably lower among Latter-day Saints than among other religious groups. Only 28 percent of adult Latter-day Saints say they drink alcohol, compared with 65 percent of Protestants, 85 percent of Catholics, and 86 percent of Jews. Fourteen percent say they smoke tobacco, compared with 36 percent of Protestants, 38 percent of Catholics, and 28 percent of Jews.
ABORTION. Jews are the most accepting of abortion, while Latter-day Saints are the least accepting. Less than one-fourth of Latter-day Saints favor abortion if the reasons are lack of money, being unmarried, or not desiring the child. The next-closest group is the Catholics, and more than one-third of them favor abortion in the above-stated circumstances. Sixty-seven percent of Latter-day Saints favor abortion if the fetus is deformed, compared with 74 percent of Catholics and 96 percent of Jews. Almost 90 percent of Latter-day Saints favor abortion if the health of the mother is endangered by the pregnancy. This percentage is similar to most other religious groups, although Jews and those with no religion have percentages of 97 and 95, respectively.
Let me go out on a limb and predict that MORE data points will be coming your direction soon...
Here is one of the 72% that claimed he DIDN'T...
http://www.ldsmag.com/blogs/editors-blogs/thoughts-on-senator-crapo-drunk-driving-and-critics-of-mormonism
http://www.google.com/search?q=crapo+drunk&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7ADRA_enUS475
How many pentecostal/evangelical Christians have you "met"? Your source for the above claim is (surprise) a mormon website. I suggest that you do some checking around and present an unbiased Christian/mormon comparison of "being moral".
I find it hilarious that mormonism defenders sooner or later resort to bashing Christians on FR and also claim mormon superiority over Christians.
Statistics in Utah still reflect a depressive, judgmental, suppressive, negative social atmosphere of control. The prevalence of poor mental health: 41.4% 1st of 50 states, Birthrate per 1,000: 21.2 1st of 50, Physical exercise: 83.1% 2nd of 52 (US Census 2004-2009).
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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
In 2005, Utah had 32,203 total referrals for child abuse and neglect. Of those, 21,052 reports were referred for investigation. 7
In 2005, 8,173 children were substantiated or indicated as abused or neglected in Utah, a rate of 17.7 per 1,000 children, and representing a 3.4% decrease from 2004. Of these children, 20.7% were neglected, 14.7% were physically abused, and 19.3% were sexually abused. 8
In 2005, 10 children died as a result of abuse or neglect in Utah. 9
In 2005, 2,285 children in Utah lived apart from their families in out-of-home care, compared with 2,108 children in 2004. In 2005, 22.5% of the children living apart from their families were age 5 or younger, and 27.4% were 16 or older. 10
Of the children in out-of-home care in 2005, 63.5% were white, 4.7% black, 22.5% Hispanic, 5.7% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 3.5% children of other races and ethnicities. 11
Divorces per 1,000 Population Utah-4.60 MA-2.40 NY -3.20 NJ-3.0
Murder per 100,000 Pop. Utah-3.90 NH-1.70 IO-1.70 ND-0.90
Rape per 100,000 Pop. Utah-42.70 NY -23.70 CA-33.40 VA-27.20
*Source US Census Bureau
Salt Lake Tribune, Nov 23, 1998—A9
FBI Report: Crime Falls Nationally, But Climbs Again in Utah
As the nation celebrates a six-year decrease in serious crime, Utah’s crime rate went up—again.
An FBI report released Sunday showed that serious violent and property crimes went down 3 percent nationally. But crime in Utah went up 3.8 percent in 1997, continuing a four-year-trend.
Not only is the state’s crime rate climbing, but more Utahns on average are victims of crime.
Nationally, an average of 4,923 out of 100,000 are affected by crime. In Utah, the number is 5,661 people— 13 percent higher than the national rate.
Utah was one of 15 states whose crime rates increased in 1997.
In Salt lake City, 11,969 people out of 100,000 were victims of crime in 1997.
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Salt lake Tribune, Feb 17, 2004
“...The 2004 Utah Domestic Violence Annual Report, created by the state Domestic Violence Cabinet Council...In 2001, the report notes, Utah’s rate of females murdered by males in one-on-one incidents was 23% higher than the corresponding national rate.”
Utah: Salt Lake City
Nearly half of the 131 women killed between 1994 and 1999 in Utah were slain by husbands or boyfriends, according to a report released by state health department officials. They urged judges, prosecutors and clergy to pay more attention to the signs of domestic violence and to intervene before it escalates. USA Today
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Utah Rape Statistics—2003
Rape Crime in Utah Well Above National Average
A federal report shows that one in five adult women in Utah—or a total of 157,000 women in the state—has been forcibly raped at least once in her lifetime. The report comes from the South Carolina-based National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, giving Utah the top spot in the continental United States for its estimated percentage of rape victims. “Our findings clearly demonstrate the fact that Utah has a substantial rape problem,” said the report from the research group, which was established and is partly funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Utah has highest rate of “Food Insecurity”
Child poverty rate up
Utah leads nation in bankruptcy
Salt Lake Tribune
11-24-03
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Do you need more evidence your assumption is wrong?