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Ehn, the guy has good point though. For one, I think he strategically made the announcement shortly after pledging 90% of his wealth for charitable purposes [1]. Had he not done it before scolding the church for not helping the poor enough, some folks may have said "ehn you rich billionaire, what are you doing on your part?".

Either way, good riddance for him. It's inspiring to the target audience (ex-Mormons and Mormons on the edge, I think).

1 - https://investors.thetradedesk.com/news-releases/news-releas...

Publicity stunts aren't inherently bad, especially if it's for unselfish reasons. It looks like this person wanted to take this opportunity to make a statement about the Mormon church and its stance on LGBTQ. I say kudos.

One could also see this as them using this as an opportunity to advertise their allegiance to the ideology of the ruling class.

The reason you "leave" religious sects without actually leaving them is because apostates get shunned and you don't feel like losing all of your family and friends along with your religion.