On top of the traditional “recommend” standards, which are required for entrance to any of the faith’s sacred temples, candidates are being asked pointed and even intrusive questions.
Prospective hires must have temple recommends and current faculty members and staffers are being asked to “opt in.” So what happens if they don’t?In recent weeks, Brigham Young University has enacted a kind of “loyalty” oath for
Current employees, meanwhile, are expected to sign “voluntarily” the employment/recommend agreement, which also alerts them that the church “may adjust the criteria for a temple recommend from time to time.”, cooks, counselors or custodians — who are being asked to “opt in” are left wondering how secure their futures are at the school if they don’t.
One thing seems clear, though: Rising in the university ranks may not be available to those who don’t opt in. It does provide BYU a defense against “any unlawful-termination lawsuits,” he says. “But that’s not how you want to run a school or a church.” The recommend policy also muddies motives, says a BYU professor who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals. “Am I going to church because I am a sincere believer committed to its mission or am I going to church because I would lose my job if I didn’t?”
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