From Deseret News archives:
Cheney has reduced U.S. ideals
Why?
Let me count a few ways Cheney has diminished our American ideals: using false premises for war, condoning illegal wiretaps on citizens, justifying Abu Ghraib, managing Halliburton unethically, continuing use of vulgarities, firing federal prosecutors who weren't "Bushie" enough, and on ad nauseam.
BYU students and faculty like me are not criticizing the LDS Church, its leaders or BYU administrators. They certainly have the right to invite anyone to campus who they prefer. Our criticisms are of Cheney, his values and politics, and the destructive outcomes of the current administration in Washington.
BYU is not nor should it ever become an LDS seminary experience. BYU is a facility for higher learning and the receiving of a genuine liberal education. Many Mormons who are pro-Cheney would prefer that no Democrats ever be allowed to speak at BYU. They have largely had their way when one reviews the disproportionate number of conservatives who have dominated campuswide speeches over the decades.
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