The musical's producer said he didn’t expect to be “turned into a villain” for trying to amplify a conversation about LDS tithing.
Nolan, an active Latter-day Saint who said, said he and his wife have had arguments about paying their tithing.
“A lot of them are part of the LGBTQ community, some of them have been part of the homeless community,” Metz said. “Many struggle with mental illness. Many are current and former members of the church.”“The problem is that members are terrified to say anything that could possibly put them at odds with church leaders,” he said. “It’s this unspoken [thing]. Don’t even think about it.”
“She understood that we weren’t out there to hurt anybody’s faith; we just wanted to try and make religion a safer place for people,” Metz said. “This change emphasizes that the primary purpose of this interview is to provide members with an opportunity to declare their tithing faithfulness, not to ‘settle’ an account,” The First Presidency explained in its. “The focus should be on the member’s covenant relationship with Heavenly Father and on teaching the spiritual nature of tithing, especially to children and youth.”
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