Billionaire Jeff T. Green quits Mormons, gives $ 600,000 to LGBTQ + group
In a letter, he denounces the excesses of the Mormon church and the opacity of its finances. Billionaire, said to be the richest person from the state of Utah in the United States , has officially left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church, and denounced his excesses, he who no longer considers himself a believer. Jeff T. Green has also pledged to donate 90% of his $ 5 billion fortune, acquired after founding a company specializing in digital advertising. He started by donating $ 600,000 to an LGBTQ + rights group in Utah, reports the Salt Lake Tribune . The Mormon Church has previously been criticized for its conservative social positions, including its opposition to same-sex marriage. Women also do not hold the priesthood in faith, as black men did before the 1970s. “I believe the Mormon Church has hindered global progress on women's rights, civil rights and racial equality, and LGBTQ + rights,” wrote Jeff T. Green in a letter to the president of the...