{"id":39781,"date":"2017-02-02T00:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T03:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=39781"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:01:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T03:01:30","slug":"byu-may-lose-rotc-program-over-moral-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/02\/byu-may-lose-rotc-program-over-moral-code\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU May Lose ROTC Program Over Moral Code"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Salt Lake Tribune reported<\/a> that Brigham Young University’s newest ROTC instructor, US Air Force Col Timothy “Raptor” Hogan, objected to BYU’s required moral code — which is required for him to be recognized as a faculty member, and which BYU refused to waive:<\/p>\n

BYU is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Students and faculty are required to adhere to prohibitions against alcohol, drugs, coffee, premarital sex and other activities contrary to the beliefs of the faith. The U.S. military assigns instructors to ROTC programs…<\/p>\n

“I told the (university) president in an interview that I would happily abide by the Honor Code on campus, in uniform and on duty, but if I wanted to have a cup of coffee at my house, they said, ‘No, that’s not acceptable,'” [said] Hogan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s an interesting situation. Col Hogan — an A-10 pilot and USAFA ’89 graduate — certainly knew about the issue before he arrived, and it’s a volunteer (in fact, a selected<\/a>) assignment. It’s not as if he’s being forced by the military to sign BYU’s code.\u00a0 It’s also noteworthy that it is a code of conduct,<\/em> not a religious code<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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