How an anti-gay church accidentally raised money for LGBTQ rights

Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role of his musical “Hamilton”, April 20, 2016
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An anti-LGBTQ church in Texas will be making a donation to a local LGBTQ organization even though the church’s pastor considers homosexuality to be a sin like drug addiction.

The church, The Door McAllen — located in the border town of McAllen — will indirectly contribute funds to the South Texas Equality Project, a local LGBTQ support organization. But the church is likely unhappy about it.

That’s because the funds will come in the form of damages that the church is being forced to pay to the creative team of the Broadway hip-hop musical Hamilton. Earlier this month, the church put on an unauthorized performance of the musical which changed and added words to make it more Christian and homophobic.

One of the church’s pastors, Roman Gutierrez, initially claimed that “the Hamilton team” had given the church “the license to perform” their version. But Hamilton’s creators responded by saying that they most certainly hadn’t. Gutierrez has since admitted…

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