slower traffic. and for the blind-spot monitor... [ beeping ] ...that helps remind you that the highway might not be as desolate... as you thought. ♪ tonight on rock center, what it means to be mormon in america. on the eve of the convention to nominate the man who could become the first mormon president, but most americans say they know next to nothing about the mormon church. tonight a rare look inside the lives of modern mormon families. the rules of living a good mormon life. >> i never had a cup of coffee. >> and some of the lesser known aspects. >> oh, the garmin. >> everybody always wants to know about that. >> magic underwear.

>> and why are so many mormons so successful in business? >> just because you knocked on 200 doors one day and were told they weren't interested doesn't mean you don't do it the next day. >> and a church still dealing with the issue of polygamy. >> we believe that was god's will at the time. >> and other issues of inequality. >> my daughter asked me, mom, why don't girls pass the sa sacrame sacrament? >> and we'll hear from the book of mormon raised mormon. >> i was raised mormon. >> mormon in america. good evening. while a hurricane may interfere with at least the start of the gathering, by the time the gop convention in tampa is over, a mormon will be the nominee of a major political party for the first time. and mitt romney could well become the first mormon president of the united states. he has become more forthright of

late in discussing his religion as he did with us during our interview three weeks ago in london. >> without question, i'm a member of the church of jesus christ of the latter-day saints. i'm proud of that. there's no question they've helped shape my perspective. >> the big part of that perspective, the fact he's running on business where many more mons have excelled in this country. we're going to look at harry smith's look at what could be called mormon and incorporated. >> reporter: when david neilamon started jetblue in 1999, many thought he was out of his mind. a low-cost airline with individual tv screens, leather seats and more leg room? today jetblue flies more than 25 million passengers a year. >> jetblue seemed to have a

different culture. >> i remember when i wanted everyone who worked there to say it was the best job they ever had. i thought the people who would fly with us would feel that. >> what kind of jobs did you do at the airline? >> i did everything. i loved working alongside of our crew members. i would throw bags. i would load bags on an airplane. >> neilamon is a mormon and proud of it. >> work hard, play hard, have a great family, stay together. those are all things central to our faith and it's how we're programmed. >> neilamon is not alone. top executive positions at a number of corporations have been or are occupied by more mons. >> why do you think mormons are so good about business? >> i think we're just serious about life. we're taught that it's not bad to make money in life, it's not bad, but it's not your money, it's the heavenly father's money and you should be good stewards over that money. >> reporter: that kind of thinking gets locked into many a

mormon when they spend two years in the mission field. a personal test of faith and courage, neilamon was sent to brazil. >> going on a mission is maybe the most important thing that happens in a young mormon's man life. was that the case with you? >> yeah, by far. and i had only learned how to deal with people. i saw extreme poverty. i learned to love people like i had never loved before and to compassion. >> and you were 19? >> i was 19. got a letter in the mail and it sa said, you are hereby called to serve in brazil for two years. >> two years trying to convince a skeptical world of the value of your faith turns out to be tempting and rewarding. >> there are people that say, no way, get out of my face. what the does that do? >> just because you get told no when you knock on 200 doors one day doesn't mean you don't do it

again. >> reporter: there is a mormon way of doing business, and jeff benedict wrote a book about it, detailing how a number of the mormon executives he profiled returned from their missions ready to reach for the top. >> when they come home at 21, they're not thinking about hanging out with guys, going to bars, going to football games, they're thinking how can i support my family as fast as possible. and benedict, himself a mormon, says mormon ceos are groomed for the boardroom at an early age. >> the most powerful influence in these guys' lives growing up is their mom. at a very early age, their mother was teaching them elocution, insisting they learn a munich csical instrument, fix their collar. zds a business that began as a single root beer stand in 1927. and as mormons climb the corporate ladder, quite often

they reach down to help another mormon. >> is there a mormon network? >> i think there is a terrific mormon network. it starts in church. you meet a guy, and after going to church with him for two years, or school, you say, he's a good guy. i trust him. i know his wife. my kids play with his kids. so three years from now when you're looking to put a deal together, who do you call? you call that guy. >> reporter: hard work, thrift, all seem to be part of the mormon dna. isn't there like a mormon hymn called "shoulder to the wheel"? >> shoulder to the wheel. no one shirt, put your shoulder to the wheel. that's what we sing. >> put your shoulder to the wheel, push along. it's an old pioneer hymn that is motivated by the fact that mormons had to put their shoulders to the wheel and push hand carts across the united states. we are constantly reminded that

our ancestors had to work harder than we do. don't take that for granted. >> reporter: the next generation of mormon executives is putting its shoulder to the wheel at business schools from provo to cambridge. and powerful banking giant, goldman sachs, has located its second largest office in north america. where? salt lake city, of course. >> do mormons in business have something to prove? >> i think when people go into business for sure, they have a little bit of an edge on the shoulder that says, i need to do this a little better. i need to work a little harder. i should be the first one in the office and the last one to leave. >> reporter: and that's the way it is for david neilamon who left jetblue in 2008, and not coincidentally, has since started the fastest-growing airline in brazil where he served his mission. the father of nine children believes the most important thing he can do on earth is please god. >> god's spiritual blessings to me are more important than material blessings. if you strip it down tott th

the tenets of the church, it's all about people trying to live good lives and help people. >> reporter: and there's always one room in the hotel chain. >> how is this different from the brotherhoods and sisterhoods you find across the country from firefighters, law enforcement, those who have been deployed together, close quarters, military for two years? >> i think there is some code there to know a fellow mormon has served his mission. because everything that happens to every little mormon kid, from the time they're very, very small, start saving money for your mission. you pay for your mission yourself. the church doesn't send you, you and your family send you to this place. when people come back from that and the thy have that brotherho they are all in. >> peter, we're going to talk to you a little later on, the second story in the hour about

how mormons take care of their own, but after the break, how it all started. a little mormon tradition, and how many americans today are still suspicious of the religion. >> i don't think they've done a good enough job opening up. they've been very secretive, and it causes people to think of it as a mystery. last time i was at a sleepover my parents

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welcome back. the mormon church, as you see here, claims a membership of about 6 million people in the u.s. that's about 2% of the u.s. population. the other 98% of us don't tend to know much about who mormons are and what they believe. in fact, a recent survey found that a large majority of mormons believe americans as a whole are uninformed about their faith. so hear now how it all started and what mormonism has come to mean. ♪ >> it used to be there was the mormon tabernacle choir, and there were the osmonds, and that was about all many of us knew about mormons. that isn't the case anymore. >> i'm going to be a mormon. >> a mormon? are you sure? >> come on, nailing a different

wife every night, that's a no-brainer. >> comedy now takes libertys with mormons, say nothing about the polygamy-based dramas, and then there's broadway. ♪ >> it's a hugely successful broadway show, and veteran yale professor john butler who has studied and taught religion for over 30 years reminds us mormonism is a hugely successful religion. >> it's a distinctly american religion. it is the most successful of the religions created in america. >> to be more exact, it was created in palmyra in upstate new york. in 1923, a man named george smith reported visits and visitations from an angel, and this is how the church depicts next in their own video. he is said to find a journal in

the mountainside. they are said to go back to 50 b.c. that when translated became the book of mormon. a religion was born. and before anyone should judge that story, professor butler gently reminds us every religion has their own story. >> what critics have a hard time accepting is a belief in the book of mormon and the angel maroni and the golden tablet. what can one say? is it really fair to criticize that when you also accept the idea that jesus walked on water or that the red sea departed? >> behold his mighty hand! >> in various fits and starts and in a number of individual groups, early mormons moved to missouri, ohio and illinois. they were persecuted, arrested and killed, including the

founder, george smith, in 1948. bringi brigham young, whose great-grandson is hall of famer steve young, they started the church of latter-day saints, lds for short. but part of the church they can't shake is polygamy. >> that is our history. it is what it is, and we make no apologies for that. >> steven snow is the official church historian. he concedes that even though polygamy was officially banned a century ago, it's something the church still has to deal with. >> we believe that was god's will at the at the time, but we believe that stopped and our prophet told us that was no longer acceptable. >> critics in other religions have openly called them a cult while mormons consider themselves christians and believe in the bible. there are some key differences. among them, mormons believed

jesus visited either north or south america after his death and resurrection. mormons don't drink, no caffeine, cigarettes or swearing, either. they are expected to tithe 10% of their income to the church. ideally, there's is a wholesome family and church-based life. until now it's also been very private. despite some figures like napoleon dynamite and the man who wants to be the next president. why don't you think people know about the mormons and the chu church? >> i don't think they've done a good job opening up. they've been very secretive and it causes people to think it's a myste mystery. >> abby is one of the 12 original mormon apostles.

her father, former u.n. ambassador to china, ran unsuccessfully for the gop nomination. abby is one of 60 huntsman family grandchildren and is the only one to marry outside her religion. she is no longer active in the faith. >> there are a lot of wonderful parts to the church. the family aspect is what i loved most about it, but it's very black and white, still. there's no gray area. you're either in or you're out. you live by the mormon doctrine or you do not. >> in this modern world, some old school rules still govern the mormon church, and that means no non-mormons allowed inside their temples. and romneys were not allowed to see their own daughter married inside the temple he will in what's called a sealing ceremony. the same was true when abby's parents were married. her grandparents, non-mormons, had to wait outside on the couch. >> what about the fact that you

and i could walk across fifth avenue into st. patrick's cathedral. no one would care or wonder what our religious affiliation is. i can't get into the mormon temple. will that ever change? >> i hope it does, but -- >> what goes on in there? >> i don't think that it will. nothing crazy. it's very much a sacred thing for mormons. and causes a lot of people to feel maybe not good enough. why am i not allowed in there? so this idea of maybe being more accepting and moving with the times a little bit is much needed in the church today. >> then there are the mormon undergarments, the subject of much fascination among non-believers. >> the temple garments, they're called? >> they've been called every name in the book. >> there are web sites where governor romney wears a thin outer shirt. people post pictures that say,

there it is. what are they and what does it mean? >> it's very much a symbolic thing that people wear to remind them of christ. when i was in the church, i remember hearing stories about people being caught in a fire and the garments were the shield that protected them from harm. most mormons sleep in them wherever they go, work out in them. >> and if i asked a senior member of the church, can you show them to me, do you think anyone would be willing to strip away the mystery and say, yeah, it looks like what you would buy at walmart. >> i think to them it would be something disrespectful to them because they honor it, and when they wear it, they feel a sense of pride. >> mormons are famously obsessed with generalogy, and they beliee in bap tiesing the dead. it gives them a chance to go to true heaven. >> we believe everybody in this

life or next will have the opportunity to accept or reject the fundamental beliefs that we blo believe. >> but when it was found they were baptizing even holocaust victims who died because they were jews, they acted to stop it. there's another part of mormonism in the recent past that was late to change, and that's racism. african-americans were not allowed to become full members until 1978. >> we're not certain even today why that practice or why that doctrine was in place. it pained me as a young man. >> the mormon church is under pressure to move fast, faster than they would like to open up because they're being pushed by questions and public fascination with their religion, in no small part because a mormon could be the next president of the united states. >> the major party nominee is a mormon for the first time in american history. >> and i will tell you that

mormons do believe this is their moment in time. and they're very excited about it. >> abby huntsman, part of a prominent mormon family who had her own journey within the mormon church. up next here tonight, we go inside a thoroughly modern mormon family and look at life and those rules about food and clothing and worship. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%,

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we're back. an impressive figure here. 77% of american mormons say they go to church every week. that is vastly more than other faiths. mormons are a devoted faith.

many of them are devoted to having kids. they have a lot of them, and those kids grow up in a church where the two genders, male and female, are not equal. that is one tradition among many that has survived despite all the changes going on in the world outside the church. kate snow has visited mormons around the country who represent a lot of different facets of mormonism while keeping it all in the family. ♪ >> in a predominantly mormon neighborhood outside salt lake city, julian jackson is raising her family the way she was raised, in a devout mormon household. she's a stay-at-home mother to kayla, frank, mary alice, al, jr. and marie. and their lives are filled with tradition and ritual. early every morning they spend at least half an hour together reading scripture.

and every sunday they spend three hours in church. >> i just want to stand and bare my testimony. >> from the beginning, jo lelee and her husband al were an unlikely combination. >> me and al have been married for 20 years, and they say when you've been married that long, you begin to look like each other. i told the kids, i'm not so sure that will happen with me and al. >> in that church, you were pretty much the only black face in a sea of white faces. >> right. >> what's that like for you? >> it hacsn't been an issue for me. >> i ask you because of the history of the church, and you know it better than i do. >> before 1998, black people were barred from the priesthood and barred from the temple. >> have you ever faced any kind of discrimination in the church? >> never. >> al was raised baptist.

that changed when he met joleen. >> what did your mom think when you called her and said, i'm dating a mormon? >> well, after the dial tone, she just didn't understand. she didn't know what mormonism was. do you ever find any of it overbearing? >> no. not at all. >> this is a fun time to be mormon because people actually want to know, you know, you really do that? >> people like us. >> is this for real? come on. are you just putting on? >> so here come the questions that everybody has. do you drink caffeine? >> no. >> have you ever, ever had a cup of coffee. >> i never had a cup of coffee. i had a coke once. sdp >> literally one coke in your 43 years. >> caffeine? >> i might have a dr. pepper every once in a while. i can't lie to you, kate. >> no smoking? >> no smoking.

>> not a sip of wine or a glass of beer? >> no. >> do you feel like you're missing anything at all? >> when i see parties where people have had too much to drink, i don't want to go there. i want to be in control of my thoughts and what comes out of my mouth. >> i saw a peek of white before. i don't know if that's inappropriate for me to say. >> that's fine. >> oh, the garment. magic underwear. >> and you wear those every day. >> i do. it's a reminder of who i am, what i stand for, what i'm about. >> can you understand why some people might be wary of what they might see as the uniformity of mormonism? >> yes, but you have to understand we're not the cookie can you te cutter family, so when you say uniformity -- >> well, you live by the rules of the church. some people would say it's uniformity. >> i don't see it as a uniform

code that we have to live up to. i want to walk with jesus christ. i want to live by the commandments of the lord. i don't want to go anything i don't want to do. >> joanna teaches literature at san diego state university and is author of a candid memoir called "the book of mormon girl." >> ever since i was a kid, i've had this core conviction that men and women are equal, but are also raised in a church with very clearly delineations of what men should do and what women should do. my daughter says, why don't girls pass the sacrament? i said, well, that's the way things are. >> people wonder how women have

equality positions in the church if they can't hold those positions. >> many of us have questions about decision-making authority in the church. >> but it says something that she can appear on national tv and be critical and still be a practicing mormon. 20 years ago, the church never would have stood for it. as recently as 1993, feminist scholars at brigham young university were excommunicated did i holding some of the same ideas. >> i certainly hope the church doesn't consider me a critic. i just want there to be a little more room for people like me. >> rich main is trying to work out his place in the church as an openly gay man. from the time he was a young boy, he knew his sexuality would be at odds with his family's faith. >> at that period of time, it was viewed as an illness, it was

viewed as a sicknessme. you were told you are afflicted, you are broken, you are less than. >> what did your mom say? >> my mom ended up being my best friend and my ally. the first words out of my mom's mouth when i told her i was gay was, it would have been better for me if you had been born dead than gay. >> shunned by his family and sh shunned by his church, mitch was sent to therapy to change his sexuality. it didn't. >> i am mormon. i am a child of my father. and i am a gay man. to try to break those two apart is, in essence, breaking apart my spirit. >> mitch turned his back on mormonism for many years. when he returned, he found it less openly hostile to an openly gay man. while he's free to march in support of gay marriage, the church still opposes it. but in san francisco, he wasn't just welcomed in his congregott regags, he was elevated to a

leadership positioning. the first for a gay man. as long as he remained sell bce, he could serve. >> if you met somebody tomorrow, would you have to give up your leadership role? >> i would probably have to give up my leadership role. >> if he wants to stay in a church that doesn't fully accept his lifestyle, they have a different challenge, raising kids in a culture that seems sexual. >> it's hard to watch a ball game with my son because of the commercials. they sexualize everything. >> we also study from a pamphlet called church of views. >> we cleaveth unto light. >> what do you think that means? >> if you have the light with you, and you're virtuous, you

should also date someone who is virtuous. >> at 17, their youngest daughter kate loves piano, wants to see the world and have a business career. by now she's had a boyfriend. >> a lot of people say your parent make you do this. i feel bad for you, that you have to follow these standards. for me there just comes a point where i accept it myself. >> can i ask you a really personal question? >> uh-huh. >> when you had the boyfriend for a little while, did he want to get physical? >> yeah. somewhat. it was, i have a boyfriend, someone to hang out with all the time, but i just didn't want to have it go that far. >> you weren't going to break that promise? >> yeah, uh-huh. >> hopefully they can see for themselves. you lay the foundation but ultimately they have to go out in the world. and when one of your children say they messed up, that's a

beautiful part of the gospel is that you can be forgiven. >> kate snow reporting there, and about the last bit about forgiveness, back to a portion of our conversation with abby huntsman. she told us about being called in front of her bishop in the mormon church. it had to do with the young man she later married and it led to her separation from the mormon church. >> the reason i really left was because of an experience i had with a bishop. >> something you've talked about before? >> no, it was when i first met my husband. at the time we had only dated three weeks, and he found out that i was dating someone that wasn't a member of the church and called me in and said, i'm very concerned about you and your life. do you love him? i said, well, i've only known him three weeks, and he's a great guy. at that point i said, whoever i fall in love with, i fall in love with. i'm not going to live in this

bubble anymore. i just need to live this life for me. and he basically said, you're not going to have the blessings, your kids will not be blessed if you end up marrying this man. and he's such a great guy, and in my heart, i just -- i get kind of emotional about it because for a bishop to tell me how i needed to live my life and that i would or would not be blessed because of it was very difficult. then i know that i'm one of many, many women that go through experiences like that. and i walked out that door and i couldn't go back. >> abby huntsman, a descendant of one of the 12 original mormon apostles and now a former member of the mormon church. coming up next here tonight, harry smith is back with a rare look of how the church takes care of its own, all of it directed from one massive nerve center. >> this would make the people from costco jealous. it almost seems endless.

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those missions to show what they believe it means to be your brother's keeper. >> mormons believe, and jesus taught, that faith without works is dead. spend a little time with a mormon and you'll get a sense just what that means. kirk green heads a suburban mormon congregation near salt lake city. >> it's one thing to go to church, hear someone speak and say, well, that was nice. it's different to have that get into your soul and try to see people who need help and figuring out, can we help them? >> help that comes from the pocket books and good works of fellow mormons. devout mormons fast once a month, and the money they would have spent on those meals gets collected and goes to help the needy. as it turns out, mormons' income mirrors those of the rest of us, which means there are a lot more than a few mormons who could use a lift. >> as a matter of fact, one quarter of all u.s. mormons earn $30,000 a year or less. when they have trouble making ends meet, their needs are met

in a big, big way. >> this is a rare look into the utah bishops central warehouse in salt lake city. >> there's sugar, there's salt, there's wheelchairs, there's toilet paper. >> a half-million square foot monument to the mormon commitment to helping others. >> this is crazy. >> rick foster is a manager of the church's welfare operations. >> it looks like there is almost everything in here to sustain human life. is that an exaggeration? >> it is not at all. nothing extravagant, but basic commodities you would find in any grocery store. >> this would make the people from costco jealous, i think. it almost seems endless. >> and almost everything in here was produced by the church for charity. almost everything was used to

perpetuate self h-help. >> there are enough food and supplies here to support the church's welfare efforts for an entire year and to tend to natural disasters around the world. >> this is mind-boggling. >> the turkey and chicken chunks around the warehouse are sent around the country. but the trucks don't move until the drivers pray and think. ♪ >> not far from the bishops store house is a place called welfare square where mormon volunteers turn mormon milk into mormon cheese. >> do you like it? >> it's really good. >> we could probably get you a block. >> it's a veritable showplace,

even dripping in mormon honey. and that mormon honey will taste great on this fresh baked mormon bread. mormon volunteer said to me, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could solve the world's problems with a loaf of bread? indeed. to receive a loaf of bread and more, all a needy mormon has to do is askme. local bishops like kirk green sign off on a form which is even better than cash. there is actually a bishops order form which is like a shopping list. it's not fancy, but there's all the basics that you can do really well with. and a few nice things. i notice there is ice cream on this one. >> no money changes hands here or in any of the 4200 stores like it around the world. kirk green runs a successful digital printing business and he serves as one of the unpaid bishops in centreville, utah.

all mormon bishops are regular church members and are called to serve, typically for around five years. monitoring the spiritual and temporal needs of his congregation is a huge responsibility. >> is it daunting? >> sure. you think to yourself, could that be me tomorrow? >> that was jamie reynolds's situation. after her divorce, she needed to ask bishop green for help. her neighbors provided this garden plot for jamie, and every once in a while, she still comes to the storehouse with her bishops list. >> it almost sounds like if you're going to be a mormon, this is not a bad fringe benefit. >> it's true, if i fall, there's somebody to help. >> there is a significant safety net. >> yes. for me that's a really comforting thing. >> hello there.

good to see you. >> comforting volunteers like sue and bob moore try to remove any stigma of having to make a trip here. >> go right in here. two hamburger patties. >> some people come and it could be the worst day of their life. they're really down, they've lost their job, their children are hungry. >> i've done nothing but meet volunteers all day today skpchlt th and they all say the same thing. >> yes, but this is what we're taught. this is what the lord would want us to do. >> you can't be save yoiors in store, but you can do volunteer work instead. >> we put them to work. you don't get something for nothing. >> but you do have to meet with a bishop first. >> we'll help anyone at any time as long as we're able to do so and have those resources to do so. >> and you don't sit there and say, i'll help you just as long as you convert. >> absolutely not.

there is no tie to that whatsoever. >> welfare director rick foster says the goal is to get people back on their feet as quickly as possible. to that end, there are now 327 mormon employment offices around the world. and if you need clothing, there are thrift stores, too. and a lot more we haven't shown you. mormons really do believe they are their brother's keeper. >> it's a commitment and a belief to follow christ in the way that we live. and the way he lived his life was helping take care of the poor. >> so let's go back through the job description of the bishop and a subplot here. can you picture mitt romney as a bishop? >> absolutely skpch. and so many people wish he would do a little more of that because you're sort of the pastor of a flock, as it were. 400-some members? people who are having trouble making their ends meet, trouble with a rent check, they would

come to him on a consistent basis and say, how do i make this work? he would counsel them and say, here's the list and check off the items and say go ahead and go to the store. >> of all the mormons you met and dealt with in conjunction with this story, would you say more would be comfortable if mitt romney talked about his religion? >> i would say more. we met these different people from so many different walks of life. one woman there with the hair net on, she was a phd candidate. the other guy was a financial planner. you would not be able to distinguish these people from any other walk of life except for their total commitment to their faith. >> and i can't believe you actually brought this. >> i brought it along because the folks there in welfare square said brian is welcome here any time. >> i told you i wasn't going to mention your hat, but you put it on the table. harry, thank you. harry smith. you can see more of harry's very

rare look inside this massive mormon effort to feed the needy. it's on our website. up next after our break, if oou se you've seen the book of mormon on broadway, if you've seen anything about it, you'd be surprised to learn there isn a mormon in the cast. we'll hear from him after this. [ male announcer ] after years of celebrations,

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welcome back. here's another number for you. the book of mormon has grossed an estimated $100 million on

broadway so far, give or take. it is very funny, it is very dirty, a deep shade of blue. it's also one of the toughest tickets still in all of new york, and it has spawned the touring production in denver and soon chicago. chad is the only mormon actor in "the book of mormon" and tonight we hear from him what that's like. >> when someone like me is raised mormon and is working at "the book of mormon," i have a daily reminder of my past, my history, and the life that i once fully embraced. my name is clark johnson. i've been in "the book of

mormon, the munich cal" since january 11, 2011, which was the beginning of the booking process. i said, before looeg teaving th, i have to say in all fairness, this is probably my life story. i was raised mormon. i don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing for you, but do with it what you will. i don't know if being mormon helped me, but i got the job, so i must assume it helped. ♪ hello, my name is morgan price ♪ ♪ and i would like to share with you the most amazing book ♪ >> when i was 19, a letter came to my house. i'm opening and reading it and said, clark johnson, you have been asked to serve in the mission. this is the most defining moment of your life. during two months in mexico, i

learned how to step out of myself and care more about others than i cared about myself. i learned to forget my problems and to focus on other people and what they needed. that was a very powerful experience for me. i know i don't sound like an ex-mormon. but i am one. i had a long path out of the church. i didn't make it in one day. i didn't feel like i could reach my full potential as a human being inside the church as a gay person. my parents are currently serving a full-time mission in palau, mic micronesia, which is a small island a few miles away from guam. they have not had a chance to come and see the show because

they're abroad, and i don't know if they want to. they don't see r-rated movies, and i think if this musical had a rating, it would be r. when i'm on stage in "the book of mormon," i looked exactly like i looked as a missionary in mexico. i'm wearing a short-sleeve shirt because it's too hot for long sleeves, i'm wearing dark pants, i'm wearing a tie. there are times i look down at my body and i say, i'm still here. i'm still a missionary. i'm still sending a message to the world. >> that is rock center for tonight. good night here from all of us, and your late local news begins now. ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean. with new tide pods. just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined pop in. stand out.

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