I have known very few Mormons, but the ones I have known have been decent, fine, honorable, admirable, good people—a little strange (no Cokes, no wine—I don’t know; just a little strange)—but then who isn’t a little strange? The Episcopalians? The Catholics? The Jews? The Baptists? (My mother was raised Baptist, and WAS SHE STRANGE!) Frankly, I think the Episcopalians are the least strange of them all. (I’m an Episcopalian.)
So am I. They are not strange, but they are getting..well.. queer.
In either politics or religion, there are a lot of screwy ideas going around.
My experiences with Mormons is limited. I have had the same experience as you, all quite nice people. I did get one seriously annoyed, when I asked him, "Couldn't you do better than "Joe Smith"? That's what people sign in motel registers!".
In our circle of friends, the Mormon sent the Jew a Ramadan card as a prank.
A month later, the Mormon received a dozen Wedding Anniversary cards where he worked..it was all light hearted, so I never got the impression the guy was a humorless hysteric.
I had heard from people in Utah about how they resent pervasive Mormon influence, yet by all other accounts, Utah sounds like a good place to live.