The blog writings and video clip — made widely available through YouTube and other Web sites — were, however, judged to be misleading and deceiving by many associated with BYU.

"It is certainly a misrepresentation of the events that took place at the demonstration, as well as the events at the Q&A," said BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins. "I think that this focuses on the last two minutes rather than the entire demonstration."

In the blog post, Greenstreet wrote about the question-and-answer session, saying Samuelson told "an outraged student who had his sign taken to basically 'go f*** himself." In the video, Samuelson is actually shown to answer, "The school is not afraid of anything, Adam, thanks for your input." Adam Barlow, the student portrayed in the video asking the question, said Greenstreet's writings don't match up with what actually happened.

"I think it's a gross misrepresentation of what went on," Barlow said. "It's deceiving because he didn't say that. I have a lot of respect for President Samuelson, and it hurts to see people misuse events that took place."