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Pride flag flies in front of the Historic Mormon Temple in protest to a change in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints policy towards married LGBT+ couples and their children in November 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
A professor at Brigham Young University’s religion department is under fire for labelling a gay student with a Mormon term associated with an anti-Christ.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Hank Smith, an assistant teaching professor, had been tweeting his thoughts on former parishioners being excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
BYU professor calls gay student a Book of Mormon term associated with anti-Christ
The school has not reacted publicly, leaving some LGBTQ students fearful and spurring others to ask for action.
(Isaac Hale | Special to The Tribune) A Brigham Young University student sports various rainbow-colored items on his backpack in support of Rainbow Day as he walks with his friends on the campus of BYU in Provo on Thursday, March 4, 2021. A student at the school was recently called a Mormon term associated with an anti-Christ by a professor. The school has remained silent.
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Color the Campus, an organization started by BYU students to support LGBT BYU students, lights the Y on March 4, 2021. (Emily Harrah)
The ‘Y’ was lit in rainbow colors Thursday night, sparking joy among LGBT students and allies as well as outrage from other members of the BYU community.
The Y lighting was the grande finale of “Rainbow Day,” a day set aside each semester to show support for LGBT students and faculty. The tradition is sponsored by Color the Campus, an organization founded by BYU student Bradley Talbot in 2019. About 40 individuals participated in the event, which lasted from 8-9 p.m.