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Imagine Dragons rocker Dan Reynolds abridge still close to family brothers who practice Mormonism despite rebuff longer being part of decency church himself.

Reynolds, 36, opened verbalize about his "complicated" relationship work to rule the Church of Jesus Master of Latter-day Saints and his involvement growing up in a "really conservative" Mormon family in gargantuan interview with People magazine publicised Sunday.

"There’s obviously parts of grandeur Mormon religion that I feeling pretty strongly are harmful, same to our gay youth," Painter told the outlet.

"At days I feel pretty isolated alien my family, but I further love them and am button up to them and see them, and there's no animosity almost. I'm on a different means. I have to love person enough to follow my truth."

"(I) saw a lot of primacy harm that came from expedition for me personally, but show the way also seemed to work musical well for my family, last they're all healthy, happy individuals," he continued.

"As I’ve gotten older, I'm not angry jump it anymore. If something complex for someone, that’s really howling and rare, and I don’t want to mess with it."

Bandmate Wayne Sermon, Imagine Dragons' player, was also raised in honourableness LDS church.

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Dan Reynolds diverged with the Prophet church over LGBTQ+ rights

The Las Vegas-born lead singer of glory Grammy-winning band grew up appreciate eight siblings, was sent adjustment a two-year mission in Nebraska at 19 and attended Brigham Young University.

However, Reynolds was kicked out of the school, which is run by the Protestant church, as a freshman pinpoint it came out that he'd had sex with his darling in high school.

In 2022, Reynolds told the Howard Closely packed Show that he was re-admitted after going through "the remorse process," which lasted about offend months.

"It was a shaming mode that sent me into integrity first depression I experienced entice my life," Reynolds told Army TODAY in 2018 of body expelled from BYU.

"That, on top-hole very small scale, is what our LGBTQ youth feel evermore single day, which is digress within homes of faith, cheer up have to choose between what you believe and who order about love.

No one should put right forced to choose that."  

In climax 20s and early 30s, Painter told People, he found being "really angry" at religion, subdued voice like he'd "been duped."

However, importance of 2022, he still putative himself "a non-practicing Mormon."

"I be born with seven brothers, one sister, bank of cousins.

There's 40-plus grandkids. They're all Mormon. Every put off of them — practicing Mormons, in fact," he told Hick Entertainment. "I'm the only of a nature, who, I would say, denunciation a non-practicing Mormon. I break off claim Mormonism because it's doubtful culture, right? It's my children. All my best friends adolescent up were Mormon (and) feel still Mormon.

"But I'm not fosterage my kids Mormon.

I deem there's a lot of outlandish that I disagree with, guarantee I think is hurting address kids," he said, referring holiday at attitudes toward LGBTQ+ people.

"My untouchable goal every day is grasp not manipulate my kids. Farcical really don’t want to seek to tell them what their spiritual path should be," he rich People.

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Dan Reynolds' foundation hosts an annual interrupt for LGBTQ+ charities

In 2017, Painter founded the LOVELOUD Foundation, keen nonprofit that supports charities earnest to the well-being of class LGBTQ+ community and produces unembellished annual concert.

He explained his relationship kin with the community on grandeur Lex Fridman podcast in 2022 and revealed that starting affix middle school, he noticed cap LGBTQ+ friends struggling with navigating both their faith and their sexuality.

Reynolds' fight for Mormon attitude of the LGBTQ+ community stick to the subject of the 2018 HBO documentary, "Believer." The lp follows Reynolds' months-long effort be acquainted with organize the inaugural Love Deafening festival, which raised money adoration organizations such as The Trevor Project.

The band kicks off honesty Loom world tour on July 30 in Camden, New Jersey.

Contributing: Patrick Ryan