Have you ever said anything positive about BYU or the Church?

unfortunately it is BYU in a landslide

BlueFrog

8/10/18 6:49am

That’s absurd. All have areas that are off limits. BYU just has a

gwalker

8/10/18 7:20am

what beliefs get you kicked out of Berkeley? Which ones at BYU?

BlueFrog

8/10/18 7:23am

Conservatism

pegushin

8/10/18 7:42am

I know several life-long conservatives who went to Berkeley and graduated.

Jurisprudence

8/10/18 8:24am

Likely had to hide it/ be in the closet

pegushin

8/10/18 8:39am

BYU undergrad who went to grad school at Berkeley

thejimmer

8/10/18 9:46am

Wulp, they needed someone to mock and make fun of

Borg

8/10/18 2:39pm

I work with a number of them.

chilango

8/10/18 10:45am

were they the types to keep their heads down and not rock the boat or were they.

icecougar

8/10/18 1:45pm

The question is about beliefs, not activities.

jkccoug

8/10/18 4:36pm

When I graduated, Obama was the commencement speaker. It was right after he had

Extra Biscuits

8/10/18 10:09am

That's ridiculous

chazen

8/10/18 3:46pm

I really take exception with how you ask that. Clearly it’s. BYU because of the way you phrased the question. Yet BYU

SouthernBlueBlood

8/10/18 6:50am

Yet so far, the majority of respondents have not selected BYU. In any case, what

chilango

8/10/18 6:55am

BYU also doesn't bill itself as the center of free speech like Berkley does. Yet

Dynasty1

8/10/18 7:03am

Since Free Speech is not accepted at BYU & everyone dresses, looks, & thinks the

U2wearblue

8/11/18 8:48am

This is such a false narrative. This kinda thinking gets old.

Beetdiggercoug

8/11/18 5:33pm

I think BYU's positions differ more from societal 'norms' than Cal or Stanford

unctoothman

8/10/18 7:03am

No one gets kicked out of Berkeley for their views

AxelDC

8/10/18 7:12am

Point out when a BYU student Got expelled for beliefs alone... that doesn’t

Pretorian

8/10/18 7:30am

Exactly my reasoning.

unctoothman

8/10/18 8:57am

well put, the teacher is intolerant for failing a kid for cheating... perfect.

Pretorian

8/10/18 10:38am

RE: Point out when a BYU student Got expelled for beliefs alone... that

chilango

8/10/18 11:06am

Which of the "September Six" were BYU students when that happened?

CougarThug

8/10/18 12:14pm

Maybe you missed the sentence in my post that says: "Not students, but some of

chilango

8/10/18 12:24pm

Well professors and students are quite different and from what I can see

Pretorian

8/10/18 12:48pm

When discussing intolerance, I'm not sure why students would matter any more

chilango

8/10/18 1:48pm

This discussion boils down to the rights (if any) of private institutions...

Pretorian

8/10/18 2:05pm

I don't disagree with anything you wrote, but the fact that an institution is

chilango

8/10/18 9:57pm

If I change my religious beliefs from anything other than Mormonism I get booted

Jezza

8/10/18 11:53am

This has been hashed out a billion times here. Ecclesiastical endorsements

Jay Rick

8/10/18 5:49pm

It’s been hashed out bc you said so? I disagree. I was there not what I saw

Pretorian

8/10/18 5:52pm

It’s not hashed because I said so. It’s hashed out because it’s bees discussed

Jay Rick

8/10/18 10:19pm

Ok, hashed out..... I have not doubt you're right it's been heavily discussed

Pretorian

8/12/18 6:56pm

No one?

shatter2

8/10/18 9:23am

It is not getting kicked out for your beliefs, it is based upon acting according

BYU I Bleed Blue

8/10/18 9:25am

A Stanford one:

shatter2

8/10/18 9:29am

As public universities, I do not believe Cal and Stanford have the legal right

here's to hoping

8/10/18 9:58am

Stanford is not a public university. It is private, similar to BYU.

Greg Kite's 'stache

8/10/18 10:23am

I stand corrected. Thanks. It doesn't change my point about Cal.

here's to hoping

8/10/18 1:20pm

But what about conservative speakers who are prevented from speaking.

JmThms

8/10/18 11:13am

Link? Unless you're talking about white supremacists?

chilango

8/10/18 11:21am

The problem is that everyone that is against open borders is labeled

Dynasty1

8/10/18 12:08pm

That is a ludicrous claim

Jezza

8/10/18 12:11pm

Not only is it not “ludicrous” it is barely an exaggeration...

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 12:18pm

...

Jezza

8/10/18 12:24pm

Link?

chilango

8/10/18 12:29pm

He would have to provide tons of links to back that up. The fact

Jezza

8/10/18 12:32pm

You really need a link to know that....

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 1:25pm

Your continued evasion tells me you got nothin’. Amiright?

chilango

8/10/18 9:36pm

Nope...

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 10:32pm

You might have noticed that as a non-donor I don’t have access to the political

chilango

8/11/18 5:25am

I'm talking about actual white supremacists, such as Richard Spencer who was

chilango

8/10/18 12:29pm

So it took a lawsuit on his part for them to allow him to speak?

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 1:15pm

Yes, the universities involved (not Cal or Stanford, to my knowledge, but

chilango

8/10/18 9:28pm

Hmmm.......

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 10:33pm

Is Ben Shapiro a white supremacist?

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 12:16pm

I don't know who that is. Are you saying he wanted to speak at Berkeley and they

chilango

8/10/18 12:27pm

You don’t know who Ben Shapiro is??

SactOWNit

8/10/18 12:40pm

I don't think Chilango watches Fox News. Or hangs out with any conservative

JmThms

8/10/18 2:12pm

I don’t watch Fox News either...

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 3:07pm

You don't know who Ben Shapiro is?

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 1:21pm

we all have blind spots, no need to make person attacks, I didn't know stanford

here's to hoping

8/10/18 2:20pm

That’s what I said. I think I vaguely recognize the name, maybe, but have no

chilango

8/10/18 9:33pm

Antifa groups at Berkeley think that physically attacking conservatives is a

AF Cougar

8/10/18 1:09pm

link

here's to hoping

8/10/18 1:55pm

Thanks, this is much more helpful, and accurate, than the nonsense posted above

chilango

8/10/18 9:38pm

No, just publicly ridiculed and ostracized for sharing them honestly.

zonacougar

8/10/18 11:25am

And no one ever gets socially ostracized at BYU for expressing unpopular

Jay Rick

8/10/18 5:51pm

Oh gosh. The ignorance displayed on this board.

chazen

8/10/18 3:51pm

Cal doesn’t have beliefs. Neither does Stanford.

mikecito

8/10/18 7:03am

Yep, difference is that Cal and Stanford may choose not to collaborate

GoodUte

8/10/18 7:13am

False, completely false....

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 9:44am

Read the post again bro

GoodUte

8/10/18 3:09pm

I read it, it’s still false...

CoachSpeak

8/10/18 4:32pm

Your rebuttal was 100% in agreement with what I posted.

GoodUte

8/10/18 10:27pm

You cannot laud UC and Stanford for not discriminating who attends, since they

here's to hoping

8/10/18 10:06am

Wrong. BYU does not “limit attendance based on active sexual orientation!”

Lolo

8/10/18 7:15am

That’s not true

mikecito

8/10/18 7:19am

Fair enough, but abiding by the Law of Chasity, and not permitting attendance

Lolo

8/10/18 7:25am

Which gives me an honest question... why would anyone want to go to or try to go

Pretorian

8/10/18 7:38am

That is a good question

mikecito

8/10/18 7:44am

That is all well and good but if you want BYU, there is an HC

Pretorian

8/10/18 7:49am

This is blatantly false. The HC and church standards explicitly forbid

Jezza

8/10/18 11:55am

What is “non sexual gay activity”?

CoachSpeak

8/11/18 10:48am

Going on a date. Holding hands. Etc.

Jay Rick

8/11/18 10:57am

All are preludes to sex....

CoachSpeak

8/11/18 11:09am

You also wouldn't be able to get an ecclesiastical endorsement if you expressed

Jay Rick

8/10/18 5:55pm

This scenario is stupid... in this case it is extremely likely this person only

Pretorian

8/10/18 9:09pm

Um... disagreeing with the church on a topic doesn’t make a person evil

mikecito

8/10/18 9:17pm

Never did I say that disagreeing with the church makes you evil

Pretorian

8/10/18 9:58pm

Uh…

Jay Rick

8/10/18 10:17pm

ok, ok... it seems clear you and I are hashing out the extremes when there is a

Pretorian

8/12/18 8:05pm

Thumbs up. Totally.

Jay Rick

8/12/18 9:00pm

BYU was the school that didn't allow blacks

AxelDC

8/10/18 7:15am

Wait-timeout here. There was never a “ban on blacks at BYU”

Greg Kite's 'stache