I don't understand that. Students have a right to religious freedom but so does the school. Isn't it violating the school's right to have to accommodate other religions? In a place I own I'm free to make up my own weird rules, right? I could require everyone to wear a tie. People who don't want to comply don't have to go there.

I liked Jefferson's idea of letting states, cities, and even neighborhoods set their own rules. Mike Marotta says BYU is a private school. It certainly should be allowed to make its own rules. People should be free to create LDS-only clubs.

Right. If you read the article, you will see that people of OTHER religions at BYU are held to a different Honor Code. For LDS, the Honor Code INCLUDES provisions about leaving the church.

I take the intention of the post. As a private school, they can do what they want, true enough. "Brigham Young University is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is part of the Church Educational System, which serves more than ..."
(From History under About at yfacts.byu.edu) The view that I take, though, from an Objectivist vantage is that, while you have a political right to be an idiot, doing so remains morally wrong. This is the essential distinguishing characteristic between an objectivist and libertarian. Libertarians say (correctly) that you have the political right to any behavior that does not harm others. True enough, you do. But Objectivism is at root a personal philosophy, a morality for the individual: harming yourself is irrational and therefore immoral. A private institution has a right to do "whatever it wants" but what it wants is not arbitrary or equivalent. If an organization or an individual wants the irrational, then a self-interested person cannot sanction that.

A more basic question might be why anyone who is not LDS would even want to attend BYU.

I note that by contrast, getting kicked out of Fordham or Notre Dame for changing your religion would be egregious. While they, too, are run by a church, that church is more open to intellectual pursuits, and the general search for truth.

I add, also, that the Catholic church apparently has more faith that a sheep who strays will eventually return to the fold. The other thesis is that the Catholic church is more secure in the truth of its beliefs. They can tolerate questions. BYU is less willing to take those risks.

Oh..I thought it was exclusive to Mormons... are you sure about that? I'm sure they're trying to recruit if that's the case. Defecting is another thing. Excommunication still happens. I don't know the ins and outs and don't really care. They can do what they want. I'm surprised they're as big as they are, but they can believe what they want...provided they don't want me dead because I have free thought...like another religion.