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Older YSAs living in Provo feel judgment and pressure to marry. (Maddi Driggs illustration)

Editor's note: Members of the LDS Church embrace a theology that includes a daily quest for personal perfection, if not in this life, then in the afterlife. That quest can become toxic if it morphs into self-righteousness and judgment of how well others meet one's own internal standard. This is the first in a series of stories about the impact such judgments can have on individuals, families and the church as a whole.

Chelsea Clinton speaks while campaigning for her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. (Associated Press)

Nathan Turner poses for a photo before leaving to serve in the Chile Santiago East Mission in 2014. Turner is one of over 2,100 returned missionary freshmen at BYU in Fall 2016. (Nathan Turner)

Members of the Temple Riders Association congregate outside of the Phoenix Arizona LDS Temple. The association is a group of motorcyclists who travel to temples throughout the U.S. and Canada and live standards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Matt Hamilton)