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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa
If you get rid of the HCO....how do you "police" the honor code?
I say leave it up to the Bishops of those wards. Then again, for those who aren't LDS, then how is the subject approached?
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Bishops and ecclesiastical leaders.
The Honor Code as adopted was not adopted out of some nobel purpose, but in response to the GIs returning home from WWII, and hanging out at BYU. It was also tightened by Ernie "McCarthy" Wilkerson so that he could spy on Commies and to stop any students from protesting the Vietnam War.
These things were not done out of nobel intentions, but rather out of political extremism on the part of administration. To be certain, the Board of Trustees had to approve, but Ernie could get them to do what they wanted. Now, it's ingrained within the culture, and we have accepted it as part of our culture. It is NOT something arising out of the Gospel. Its enforcement is the antithesis of Gospel principles.