If Brigham Young wanted to enroll at his namesake university, he’d have to shave his beard. A number of other former Latter-day Saint prophets would have to do the same.
Warner Woodworth, an emeritus professor from Brigham Young University, argues that’s just wrong. So he launched a Change.org petition urging the Provo school to end its prohibition on whiskers.
Others have tried before to overturn the 1960s-era beard ban but failed. Still, Woodworth is confident this push will succeed.
On this week’s show, Woodworth talks about his campaign to “bring back the beard” at BYU.
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