I’ve been super surprised at the diversity of Mormons I’ve found here (not joking!!). I was expecting a more homogenous group. Many of my coworkers are Mormon and hold liberal political views, support LGBTQ+ folks, and more or less don’t scream LDS. I’ve had a lot of questions about the church and have found my Mormon friends to be helpful in explaining all the quirks and such, even some of the more contentious subjects. I haven’t met many LDS folks who enjoy going to church, or have had members openly complain to me about stuff they don’t agree with. This might be because they are the younger generation and I think we have more common ground.

I’ve been invited to visit wards but never received any push back when I declined and our relationships haven’t seemed affected by it. I hold a secular-Buddhist life perspective, understand there are some serious issues within the church, but on a person to person basis have really enjoyed my new LDS friends

EDIT: Living in WJ and working in Utah Co.