Imagine Dragons lead singer hopes documentary will urge Mormon Church to change
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Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds  said  he  hoped a recently released documentary on Mormonism would prompt church leaders to change some of their ways.
Reynolds  who described  himself  as a “fourth generation Las Vegan raised in a very conservative Mormon family ” and Don Argott  director of “Believer” documentary  told Deadline they hoped the film would open the church leaders' eyes to how they treat LGBT members.
 Reynolds  said  he  had planned on attending Brigham Young University  a college owned by the Mormon Church  like  his  brothers  but spoke to a bishop and things went downhill from there.
 Reynolds  said  he  was kicked out of the school after  he  told the bishop  he  had sex with a longtime girlfriend.
“That kind of started my story in a lot of ways  because I went through this real shaming process  where my whole community kind of found out that I was ‘sinful’ or ‘dirty’ in the Mormon world ”  Reynolds  told Deadline.
“There’s a real problem in the Mormon culture. It’s broken ”  Reynolds  said. “We wanted to shine a light on that and hopefully create some change.”
The Mormon Church has acknowledged the documentary and endorsed his LoveLoud festival  which focused on people part of the LGBT community who hope to start conversations with the church. However   Reynolds  said that was not enough.
“The policies remain intact ”  Reynolds  said. “They say being gay is a sin  and until that’s taken away  speaking in platitudes and even endorsing this festival  it’s a step  but there’s a long way to go as far as moving forward.”
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Reynolds  said that  despite its policies   he  is still a member of the church. The Mormon Church forbids same-sex couples in the congregation to baptize their children and take “other religious rites until they become adults ’ the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
“As long as those policies are still intact our LGBT youth still have high percentages of depression  anxiety and suicide ” Reynolds told the Tribune.
Imagine Dragons lead [TGT]said  [TGT]  hoped a recently released documentary on Mormonism would prompt church leaders to change some of their ways.
[TGT]who described  [TGT]  as a “fourth generation Las Vegan raised in a very conservative Mormon family ” and Don Argott  director of “Believer” documentary  told Deadline [TGT] hoped the film would open the church leaders' eyes to how [TGT] treat LGBT members.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  had planned on attending Brigham Young University  a college owned by the Mormon Church  like  [TGT]  brothers  but spoke to a bishop and things went downhill from there.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  was kicked out of the school after  [TGT]  told the bishop  [TGT]  had sex with a longtime girlfriend.
“That kind of started my story in a lot of ways  because I went through this real shaming process  where my whole community kind of found out that I was ‘sinful’ or ‘dirty’ in the Mormon world ”  [TGT]told Deadline.
“There’s a real problem in the Mormon culture. It’s broken ”  [TGT]said. “We wanted to shine a light on that and hopefully create some change.”
The Mormon Church has acknowledged the documentary and endorsed his LoveLoud festival  which focused on people part of the LGBT community who hope to start conversations with the church. However   [TGT]said that was not enough.
“The policies remain intact ”  [TGT]said. “They say being gay is a sin  and until that’s taken away  speaking in platitudes and even endorsing this festival  it’s a step  but there’s a long way to go as far as moving forward.”
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[TGT]said that  despite its policies   [TGT]  is still a member of the church. The Mormon Church forbids same-sex couples in the congregation to baptize their children and take “other religious rites until they become adults ’ the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
“As long as those policies are still intact our LGBT youth still have high percentages of depression  anxiety and suicide ” [TGT] told the Tribune.