What Might Have Been: BYU Honor Code

Four years ago, I wrote a biweekly column for a Latter-day-Saint-friendly online publication. After the section on same-sex relationships was taken out of BYU’s Honor Code, I wrote an article pointing out the advantage of this change to students and the school. Just before I submitted for publication, the Church Educational System issued a clarification which made clear that any type of same-sex romantic relationship was a violation of the Honor Code (potentially grounds for dismissal from the University). I left the article unpublished.

As the anniversary of these events comes around again, I decided to post the article I wrote as a recognition of what might have been and what may yet be.