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BYU (almost) clarifies its policy on Mormon students who leave the faith, while claiming (sort of) it was already their own idea

August 22, 2016

The good news: BYU is softening its harsh policies toward Mormon students who lose their faith while in college. However, the university seems to be claiming that its decision to do so was not influenced by the FreeBYU campaign. What gives?

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Religion scholar boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy

by Jana Riess

October 7, 2015

(RNS) Under the policy, students who enter the university as Mormons but then undergo a faith transition can be expelled, evicted from student housing and fired from on-campus jobs.

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Religion scholar Mark Juergensmeyer boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy; cites religious freedom

by Jana Riess

October 6, 2015

"I could not speak at a conference that is devoted in part to religious freedom, at an institution that seemed to be denying that freedom to its own students," says UC Santa Barbara scholar Mark Juergensmeyer.

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BYU (almost) clarifies its policy on Mormon students who leave the faith, while claiming (sort of) it was already their own idea

Religion scholar boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy

Religion scholar Mark Juergensmeyer boycotts BYU conference to protest university policy; cites religious freedom

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