On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, District Webmaster wrote: > As I understand it, the church doesn't care one wit about facial hair, > unless you're acting in a official representative capacity, such as a > Missionary or General authority. And I can see their point -- can you > imagine the sister missionaries w/ beards? I wouldn't let them in . . . > > Now some of the church _schools_ care about facial hair, but not the > church. A 21 year-old with a full beard is welcome to take the > sacrament, hold the priesthood, chase the single women and marry them > in the temple, etc.
But [so the rumour on mission went] they won't be called to any bishopric or stake calling so long as they have a beard (and maybe not Elder's Quorum President, either). I've heard many stories about various people (like this Shreveport instance) "counseling" church members not to have beards. We all figured it was the best way to escape getting a major calling in the church--just grow a beard! I just have to wait until I graduate, first ... ~ ross ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
