Eventually BYU will face losing accreditation
 

http://www.collegesanddegrees.com/accreditation#loses

I don't know how this works. BYU is probably already preparing its legal strategy to challenge this.

The lever point here is the loss of federal funds in the form of grants and loans. It would be a severe hardship on BYU students to lose access to these. Given the large number of Mormon families with many children and modest means. Another favored way that Mormon kids pay for college is qualifying for Pell grants after marriage at age 20.

It would be devastating to any university.

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/article...GZ01/140529924

Would the church divest itself of BYU and attempt to keep accreditation by liberalizing its policies?

I doubt it. That would be seen as a huge defeat by the church, I think.

In the case that has already come up, BYU compromised to maintain accreditation.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...ch.html?pg=all

They slipped that through without the Salt Lake Tribune even noticing for two months. But it succeeded, as the Bar Assoc closed their investigation.

If they were to do something for Big XII entry, that would have to be more public to protect the Big XII.

According to Alex Dushku, the church's lead counsel, this is a larger issue than what has been made out in the media so far. Not only BYU, but all faith-based schools who require an honor code are already addressing legal issues. On the church's new webpage regarding Religious Freedom, one of the bullet points highlights this matter.

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/articl...prclt=fijwKVOE

Letter about Civil Rights Commission and discrimination in the name of religion.

Sigh. How could any rational thinker disagree with this:

“The phrases ‘religious liberty’ and ‘religious freedom’ will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words for discrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance.”

Is anyone claiming that is the exclusive usage? I think the lady doth protest too much.

Here's what they really want. They want respect.

Who wants respect? Religions?

what's a little bit ironic is the church going against Trump in the Deseret News editorial (although the DN says the church had nothing to do with it, not sure about that)....and Hillary's judiciary (if elected) will probably be among those that decide the church's fate on this issue down the line.

Is it okay for a university that receives public funds to give preferential treatment to its hires and students based on their religion? If the answer becomes "no" then that will drastically alter the fate of BYU.