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Mormons In Our Midst

We've all marveled at the Mormon Temple while driving into the District from Maryland, but calling this place a Mormon 'stronghold' isn't something you hear too often. Apparently there's so many of them in Crystal City, however, that they've started referring to it as 'Little Provo'. Congress has fifteen members who are Mormon with one of them saying in the article, "Mormonism provides ideal training for aspiring politicians." Huh? [CNN]