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Old 12-27-2007, 02:55 PM   #17
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I agree with you so much. Not only do I respect Hall for bucking the Mormon cultural expectation, but he was also man enough to still transfer (from ASU even) to the center of Mormondom after making that decision.
What percent of 19 year old Mormon males in the USA go on missions? 15%?

It was not that long ago that my stake had only one YM/YW on a mission. One.

Let's not kid ourselves. It's actually the kids that go that are bucking the trend and bucking the pressure.
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