“Hamilton” Team To Donate Damages From Church’s Anti-Gay Production To Local TX LGBTQ Rights Group

Rolling Stone reports:

Weeks after putting on a production of Hamilton without permission and lacing it with homophobic teachings, a church in McAllen, Texas has apologized. The church will also pay damages to Hamilton‘s creators. Hamilton will donate the money to support a local gay rights organization.

On Tuesday, nondenominational church The Door McAllen issued a statement on Instagram apologizing for its actions in putting on the play. In the statement, the church’s pastor Roman Gutierrez “personally apologized” to Lin-Manuel Miranda and the people behind the iconic Broadway musical for using its lyrics and dialogue and changing them without permission.

“We acknowledge there are lawful avenues to obtain a license to stage properties which we did not pursue,” the pastor wrote. “And it is never permissible to alter an artistic work such as Hamilton without legal permission.”

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The money will go to the South Texas Equality Project.