I grew up Mormon and my parents tithed. They always taught us how important that was. As I got older, and particularly when I came out, I remember having a concersation with my Mother where I told her that I wasn't really comfortable giving money to the Church. I'll always remember how she sat me down and told me that that was alright, but that I then needed to sit down and decide who I thought was making the world a better place and "tithe" there. As we got older it seems like we have less time for volunteering but we also have more money for donating. We still do at least a full 10% to organizations like Lambda Legal, Equality Illinois, the Human Rights Campaign and the Howard Brown Health Center.