Eldon Koyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Apr 18 20:27-0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> So, if a married same-sex couple were students at BYU, that would be >> fine? > > BYU is a private, religious school. The church which runs it will never > acknowledge a same-sex couple as married. Also, most states do not > recognize same-sex marriages in the first place. In the belief system > of this religion, said marriages cannot make sense.
As I said, the BYU honor code is enforced strictly against gay students, and laxly agaist others. There is ample evidence of this. Moreover, pointing to the reason for BYU's bigotry does not somehow turn them into a non-bigoted instutitution. Their bigotry is bigotry whatever label they give it. My point is that the honor code is *not* equitable, and is not enforced equitably. The honor code prohibits gay people from even holding hands, while allowing suitably private heterosexual equivalents. And (as you happily note) the institution "does not recognize" certain married couples. Once, it refused to recognize interracial marriages. Now it refuses to recognize same-sex couples. But BYU does not decide who is married. If a same-sex couple is married, and BYU does not "recognize" them (whatever that means), this is *exactly* what one means by saying they have anti-gay bigotry and bias, and that they do *not* treat gay and straight people equally. Your deliciously deceptive statement, that heck, *all* extramarital sex is frowned upon, but marital sex is fine, is not, in fact, right. In the eyes of BYU, some marriages are more equal than others. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]