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Mar 20, 2023
4:41:28pm
BostonCougar All-American
BYU will not lose accreditation any time soon, despite what social pressures and

political correct opponents may say. It is an empty straw man argument on why they want BYU to change or separate from the Church. Never going to happen. BYU is and always will be an integrated part of the Church.

Withdrawal of accreditation for lack of diversity or other sociopolitical reason where primary reason of disagreement or conflict is Church Doctrine, is the very definition of Religious Freedoms. If necessary we will litigate it and win. This year Congress passed into law the Respect for Marriage Act. Here is the text from the Church's press release.

The Respect for Marriage Act includes “valuable provisions to assure that no federal or state laws [can] be used to harm the religious or conscience rights of faith-based institutions or their members,” President Oaks said. “In the end, the total law ensures that religious organizations, religious schools, and their staff do not have to perform or host same-sex marriages or celebrations. It protects the tax-exempt status of religious organizations. It protects the grants, licenses, contracts and accreditation of religious schools. And it specifically provides that its own provisions cannot be used to violate anyone’s rights to religious freedom. Putting such protections in the federal law was a big step forward.”

**Emphasis added

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