Not long ago, an upside-down coffee cup and a sleeveless blouse signaled to those in the know where a Latter-day Saint stood with Mormonism.
The cup's position expressed obedience to the faith's health code, which prohibits coffee, while bare shoulders flaunted the absence of the temple undergarment worn by devout Latter-day Saints.
These days, though, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — especially the young — do not see those outward signs as either essential, on the one hand, or suggestive of disbelief, on the other.
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