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U.S. academia and the NCAA should call Jeffrey R. Holland's bluff on LGBTQ discrimination at BYU.
In light of faculty crackdowns at LDS church-owned Brigham Young University, some Latter-day Saints are wondering how the institution will navigate tension between progressive-minded academia and conservative spins on religious belief.
In light of faculty crackdowns at LDS church-owned Brigham Young University, some Latter-day Saints are wondering how the institution will navigate tension between progressive-minded academia and conservative spins on religious belief. The church's commissioner of education, Clark Gilbert, has been a major actor in BYU's retrenchment, implementing in 2022 what amounts to a "loyalty oath."
Faculty members must profess their allegiance to LDS teachings on gender, marriage and family.
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