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04-17-2007, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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My opinion on the change in the honor code
This change is long overdue. The change finally puts the honor code in line with the position of the church. Now we just need to get the membership of the church to embrace this thought process.
I think it is a joke that the honor code was out of line with church teachings for so many years. |
04-17-2007, 09:06 PM | #2 | |
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what changes were made to the honor code?
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04-17-2007, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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04-17-2007, 09:30 PM | #4 |
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Premarital sex is still verboten, but goalies are now allowed to use their hands.
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04-18-2007, 12:37 AM | #5 |
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Nice.
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04-18-2007, 03:51 AM | #6 |
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I finally read the actual change in the text of the Honor Code, and maybe I'm a little dense, but I don't see much of a difference.
What kind of behavior would be punished under the old policy that would not be punished now? Example? |
04-18-2007, 03:56 AM | #7 |
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Apparently, if you told someone that you have same sex attraction, then they could turn you into the HC.
Of course, I have a hard time seeing a gay student at BYU telling that kind of secret to very many people, and if they did, it would probably be to a friend that wouldn't then stab them in the back by turning them into the HC. IMO, this rewording has some modest symbolic value, but very little practical value. |
04-18-2007, 04:12 AM | #8 | |
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"Brigham Young University will respond to student behavior rather than to feelings or orientation. . . . Advocacy of a homosexual lifestyle (whether implied or explicit) or any behaviors that indicate homosexual conduct, including those not sexual in nature, are inappropriate and violate the Honor Code." So based on the text before, I don't know how you can kick someone out for admitting they have homosexual tendencies, unless they are advocating homosexuality by promoting it as morally acceptable, which is also against the rules in the new Honor Code. I see absolutely no change in the content. |
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04-18-2007, 12:00 PM | #10 |
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My opinion on the honor code has pretty much stayed the same. I don't particularly care what it falls in line with. If you sign it and say you'll live by the standards, then don't be surprised if you are kicked out when you don't.
I lived in Provo for a couple of years while attending UVSC and never understood why people worked so hard to get into BYU only to get there and bitch about the honor code. When I was at Ricks, President Bednar at the time basically got up at devotional and said, "I've heard a lot of complaining about our honor code. If you don't feel you can live it, there are plenty of other places to go to school that you can have a good experience at." In other words, if you don't like it, leave. Should we use it as something to drive people away? Certainly not, but people who go to school at places that have an honor code and willingly choose to sign it, should live by it, or face the consequences. There are enough people that want to go to BYU that those that don't want to be there because of the honor code would not be missed.
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