“Behaviors that indicate homosexual conduct” are still forbidden, but now, “one’s stated sexual orientation is not an honor-code issue.” To gay students it marks a new era. But being gay is still a burden at BYU. All unmarried students must remain chaste, but gays can be punished for showing same-sex affection, for forming a gay student group or, says the code, “promoting homosexual relations as being morally acceptable.” Activist Will Carlson sums up the new policy—which comes after a winter meeting between administrators and gay students, as well as a March protest by the activist group Soulforce—as “Do ask, do tell, don’t do.”
