Mormon professor apologizes after calling gay student an anti-Christ
Salt Lake City Tribune reports.He received criticism from a number of women, which led to Smith branding them nonbelievers and encouraging his followers to do the same.Calvin Burke, a gay BYU student and practicing Mormon, responded by tweeting out an apology for Smith’s comments.“On behalf of Mormonism, I apologize for Hank Smith,” Burke wrote.Smith responded by calling Burke “Korihor,” a term from the Book of Mormon associated with the anti-Christ. In the book, he is punished by God, who renders him mute and a crowd kills him by trampling him to death.The backlash was immediate, which led to Smith deleting the tweet and issuing an apology.“I do need to apologize for calling Cal what I did,” Smith tweeted.