Comments on: Baby Steps at BYU http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/04/17/302 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Tue, 21 May 2013 01:08:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Howller http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/04/17/302/comment-page-1#comment-260 Howller Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:45:03 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/04/17/302#comment-260 The changes to the verbage of the homosexuality section of the Student Honor Code are considered by Later-day Saint gays to be significant and welcome improvements, even if they translate to mere baby steps forward. The modification was precipitated by the visit of the SoulForce Riders to BYU, albeit in a negative way, by stimulating a dilogue between the students and the administration. Some of the homosexual BYU students felt that the stereotype which the SoulForce activists evoked was not characteristic of gay BYU students and wished to discuss the matter with the administration. This led to changes in the Honor Code, which verbage was prepared by the administration. A first-hand report is here. Note that an additional change was just incorporated into the text, which further clarifies that one who "states" that he or she has a homosexual orientation does not violate the Honor Code. So that a student might have a blog, for example, where he or she discuses issues related to homosexuality, and the student would not fear getting expelled. The changes to the verbage of the homosexuality section of the Student Honor Code are considered by Later-day Saint gays to be significant and welcome improvements, even if they translate to mere baby steps forward. The modification was precipitated by the visit of the SoulForce Riders to BYU, albeit in a negative way, by stimulating a dilogue between the students and the administration. Some of the homosexual BYU students felt that the stereotype which the SoulForce activists evoked was not characteristic of gay BYU students and wished to discuss the matter with the administration. This led to changes in the Honor Code, which verbage was prepared by the administration. A first-hand report is here.

Note that an additional change was just incorporated into the text, which further clarifies that one who “states” that he or she has a homosexual orientation does not violate the Honor Code. So that a student might have a blog, for example, where he or she discuses issues related to homosexuality, and the student would not fear getting expelled.

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