Brigham Young University has landed himself in hot water after referring to a gay student by a Mormon term associated with the anti-Christ.The Salt Lake City Tribune reports Professor Hank Smith made the comment on Twitter last month.
Smith serves as an assistant teaching professor in the religion department at BYU. Smith had gone on a Twitter tirade about former parishioners ex-communicated by the Church of Latter-Day Saints, following the ouster of sex therapist Natasha Helfer.
The church banned Helfer over her sex-affirming teachings, including that masturbation and same-sex relationships are healthy.In now-deleted tweets, Smith defended the church’s casting out of Helfer, labeling her defenders non-believers.