I learned in Church today

[NorthwestUteFan]

Why is this in the beard thread? Go start a religion thread if you want to talk about this kind of stuff.

This IS about religion. The church owns BYU, and it was Ernie Wilkinson who as pres of byu established the short haircut/no facial hair aesthetic as a response to the hippies of the 60s. It just kind of stuck, and elevated itself into the upper echelons of the church leadership.

Now the inertial doctrine of Stare Decisis keeps it going.

[LA Ute]

This IS about religion. The church owns BYU, and it was Ernie Wilkinson who as pres of byu established the short haircut/no facial hair aesthetic as a response to the hippies of the 60s. It just kind of stuck, and elevated itself into the upper echelons of the church leadership.

Now the inertial doctrine of Stare Decisis keeps it going.

I remember reading a Wilkinson speech at BYU about increased effeminacy was a sign of a civilization's imminent fall, and that longer male hair thus must not be permitted.