BREAKING NEWS – Provo, Utah – An LGBT advocacy group has sent a letter to the commissioner of the Big 12 urging the conference to remove BYU from consideration for membership because it says the school has discriminatory policies. Athlete Ally, a nonprofit group that works with sports leagues and organizations on educational and awareness programs, wrote in a letter that “… through its policies, BYU is very clear about its intent to discriminate against openly LGBT students …” The university is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the school’s honor code states that same-gender attraction is not an issue. But it does state, “Homosexual behavior is inappropriate and violates the Honor Code.” Due to concerns about the possibility of their sports teams getting kicked out of the Big 12, BYU’s “new” honor code allows students to participate in homosexual activity, as long as it’s done off campus at one of the hotels owned by the Mormon church.
