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  TELEVISION


America&#39;s Next Top Mormon


  As reality shows dominate television, they&#39;re finding contestants in an unlikely place: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.





  
    
      By 
      Sally Atkinson | Newsweek Web Exclusive
    

    
      May 6, 2008 | Updated: 3:33  p.m. ET May 6, 2008
      
    

    
      
        
          
            
            When brothers Ryan and Craig Simmons auditioned for the CBS reality show &quot;The Amazing Race&quot;... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Mormons overrepresented on reality TV  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I would love to see a contestant on a reality show say the following:
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&quot;I&#39;m from Utah, but I&#39;m not a Mormon.&quot;
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Hell, I&#39;d like to hear a Utah beauty queen at Miss America or Miss USA say:
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&quot;I&#39;m proud to be the first non-Mormon representative from UTAH!&quot; ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Mister Yuck wrote:</strong>
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   there are proportionally more gays in the LDS than in the general population.
  <br>
</blockquote>i have a gae mormon friend and he said that it is pretty high.  he mentioned some other stuff about the pressure to abstain from sex until
marriage and having to go around recruiting people with a bud messes you up along with all the other shenanigans that go with being lds. 
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i kinda feel sorry for them.... ]]></description>

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  <strong class="quote-title">Dr Weems wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  We need to start and American Aushwitcz to deal with them....tis the only final solution.
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</blockquote>

<p> </p>You mean Guantanamo? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Mormon designs are not limited to only world domination . . . oh no . . .
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			<description><![CDATA[ An old friend of mine used to date a gay Mormon whose family was well-connected in the hierarchy. Well I guess the gay gene got into the Mormon gene pool, and
what with them being so inbred there are proportionally more gays in the LDS than in the general population. Anyway, I guess the church for the longest time
was counseling gay Mormons to lead heterosexual lifestyles but got stuck with the bill when these guys would leave their wives (I guess the church looks after
abandoned... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ archuletta is gay right? i don&#39;t watch idol so i don&#39;t know for sure but he&#39;s very gaeish. know what i mean? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I had forgotten that thing about dancing, which they covered in that Frontline documentary last year. They had a really smart, well-spoken closet case talking
about how Mormonism is more physical than other religions -- hence the penchant for dancing and polygamy. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ whither rafe? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ My favorite reality tv mormon was Julie from the RW.
<br>
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That bitch was crazy, who could forget her trying to unlock Veronica harness several stories above the ground. Or when she threatened/did pee, I believe she
did pee in Corals bed. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ They&#39;re breaking in to the Porn market too:
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<img src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c326/Sigvold/Survivor/Morm2.jpg" alt="image">
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			<description><![CDATA[ Here is their leader:
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<img src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c326/Sigvold/Survivor/JosephSmith.jpg" alt="image">

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			<description><![CDATA[ Mormons are taking over reality.
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<img src="http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c326/Sigvold/Survivor/MormonBoys.jpg" alt="image"> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Why do Mormons want to be on these shows anyway? They always get fucked over for being too nice and end up disappointed in the human race. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  The kid that won Survivor 2 seasons ago WAS NOT MORMON.
</blockquote>NO, he is a Canookian
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			<description><![CDATA[ They are over represented because there are sooo many of them, it is just the law of averages.
<br>
<br>
And all mormons are Gay.
<br>
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there, nnow I have offended even the few straight mormans.
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(I spent a summer in Ogden Utah, I feel qualified to judge an entie religous group) ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ How about the dom with 10 wives? They are very interesting. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Morons are even more overrepresented, but that&#39;s not limited to reality TV. ]]></description>

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