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Provo • Despite removing the section on “homosexual behavior” from its Honor Code last month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has clarified for the first time that same-sex romantic behavior is still “not compatible” with the rules at Brigham Young University.
The surprising announcement came Wednesday morning after weeks of questions about the change and after LGBTQ students had celebrated what they hoped that it meant. Many said they recently came out as gay only because they believed — and were told by some Honor Code staff — that the school and faith now allowed it.
“We felt like we finally had a place and then they ripped it away again,” said junior Katie Guerrero, who is bisexual.
In the afternoon, hundreds of students met in the campus quad to protest what they saw as a painful reversal by BYU. They solemnly sang church hymns and marched in a circle. One person clung to a poster that read, “Jesus said love everyone." And they chanted together, “The Honor Code is honor-less."
After BYU Honor Code change, LDS Church now says same-sex relationships are ‘not compatible’ with the faith’s rules
I'm not sure why there is surprise.
The surprising announcement came Wednesday morning after weeks of questions about the change and after LGBTQ students had celebrated what they hoped that it meant. Many said they recently came out as gay only because they believed — and were told by some Honor Code staff — that the school and faith now allowed it.
“We felt like we finally had a place and then they ripped it away again,” said junior Katie Guerrero, who is bisexual.
In the afternoon, hundreds of students met in the campus quad to protest what they saw as a painful reversal by BYU. They solemnly sang church hymns and marched in a circle. One person clung to a poster that read, “Jesus said love everyone." And they chanted together, “The Honor Code is honor-less."
After BYU Honor Code change, LDS Church now says same-sex relationships are ‘not compatible’ with the faith’s rules
I'm not sure why there is surprise.