Posted on 03/06/2009 5:22:10 PM PST by delacoert
In a letter dated September 29, 2008, Chad Hardy, producer of the infamous Men on a Mission Calendars and website, received a letter from Brigham Young University informing him that his name had been removed from the August 15, 2008 graduation roll. The letter stated that he would not be awarded his BA degree in Communication Studies because he had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on July 13, 2008, a month before graduation.
All of his required coursework had already been completed prior to the church discipline. He was not required to abide by the schools strict Honor Code because he finished his coursework online from his home in Las Vegas, NM. The only recourse given to him to get his diploma was to come back to full fellowship with the LDS Church.
Brigham Young University failed to follow their own policies and procedures in disciplining Hardy and revoking his degree. Two weeks later, Hardy was denied and exception from BYU policy and will not be awarded his degree.
This series of videos is the actual recording from the official University Review with BYU Dean of Students, Vernon Heperi.
Thought is was so cute and looking for a place to you it!
I do not see any gay activism.
Post 71 is a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" post.
You might remember in the run-up to the General Election, Larry Sinclair's claims concerning Obama were given serious consideration here even though the posters themselves would never approve of the behavior he claimed.
That I believe is the extent of it in this case as well.
Why has a peepstone fraudulent adulterer allowed to warp the minds of millions of people?
It's a FREE country!
Frankly, I would side with anyone who stands up to the dictatorial, tyrannical corporation and its minions."
The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
1010rd
Is that anything like the way the LDS Organization® clings to any piece of jetsam that floats by to try to support IT'S claims?
Not ME???
Quit with the Messenger killing and state the RULES that CH broke.
It's easier to (unsuccessfully, AGAIN) try and censor the "antis" completely.
I am still trying to get my head around how any of us were supporting some pro gay agenda.
I know our Mormon friends are experts at twisting and leaps of logic, but this one broke the spring and dropped in the Snake River...
Oh, that's easy-peasey....anyone that questions the mormon church's possible skirting of the laws on tax-exemption for interfering in a political matter, or criticizes the motives of the lofty institution of BYU must be tarred with the blackest brush available...in this case, "supporting the gay agenda".
I still marvel at the mormon over-reaching labeling the Hardy calendar "homo-erotic". That kind of says where SOME people have their minds. As a woman, my first thought was that "there are some really nicely, well-toned, attractive young men" and I betcha there were thousands of young women who thought the same.
I'm sure that there are gays who liked it, but the percentage of gays in America is nearly as low as the percentage of mormons in America...not an audience that would make Hardy rich off the proceeds.
Hardy is a sleaze ball, but he also deserves his day with BYU. They have made more of this than they should have. If they had been smart they would have conferred the degree, made an official point about it being a ‘legal issue” but that Hardy was no longer welcome at BYU and been done with it, taken the wind out of his sails. They are now only feeding Hardy's ego and attacks, a fools errand.
In your days in the LDS I bet he would be considered a “Zen Master’ by some
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name calling to divert from topic.
As a woman, my first thought was that "there are some really nicely, well-toned, attractive young men" and I betcha there were thousands of young women who Bought the same.
There are WAY more Homosexuals than MORMONS.
SLC had better hope they don't get the TOO mad!
It won't be purty!
Study back thru to the thread if you've lost track of the topic.
I'll save you some time:
What are the RULES that Chad has BROKEN?
This is a KEEPER!
What are the RULES that Chad has BROKEN?
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That was answered in some of the earlier threads, you just choose not to see it because it did not make this Church look bad.
Diverts from Topic?
I was right then, so consider it high praise for your skills and consistency instead.
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