Church and BYU should move toward a healthier model of governance that welcomes and embraces rigorous debate, ideological diversity, and internal dissent.
, Bergin was fired by the university for reasons she felt had to do with her outspoken advocate of LGBTQ+ individuals, same-sex romance and marriage equality. Shortly after her firing, she expressed awareness of other professors who were being scrutinized by BYU leadership because of their LGBTQ+ affirming views.
BYU administrators and LDS authorities are not the only ones concerned about progressive ideologies creeping into campus culture and academics. A group of unsettled BYU students recently formed an Instagram page called,in which students post concerns about professors’ teaching methods and course content that do not align with church doctrine.
The late Apostle Boyd K. Packer would frequently warn the church body of the “dangers” of secularism and intellectualism. In ato BYU educators, he cautioned: “I have come to believe that it is the tendency for many members of the church who spend a great deal of time in academic research to begin to judge the church, its doctrine, organization, and leadership, present and past, by the principles of their own profession.
Seeking to silence and root out professors whose voices do not always support the church’s positions is an authoritarian approach that will only hurt BYU’s institutional credibility and hinder the quality of its education and scholarship. Furthermore, stamping out perspectives that affirm LGBTQ+ relationships and identities may bring about continued
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