The College of Oregon has issued an apology after footage of an specific anti-Mormon chant throughout a soccer sport Saturday in opposition to Brigham Younger College went viral. Oregon confronted BYU at Autzen Stadium in Eugene.
The clip led to outrage from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who condemned the mantra in a retweet of the video that claimed: "Spiritual bigotry alive and celebrated in Oregon."
BYU is non-public college in Utah sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are often known as Mormons.
On Sunday, the College of Oregon apologized for the incident, saying the mantra went in opposition to "all the pieces the college stands for."
"The College of Oregon sincerely apologizes for an offensive and disgraceful chant coming from the coed part throughout yesterday's sport in opposition to Brigham Younger College," the college mentioned in a assertion on Twitter. "These kinds of actions go in opposition to all the pieces the college stands for, and it goes in opposition to the spirit of competitors. We will and can do higher as a campus group that has no place for hate, bias or bigotry."
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown retweeted the College's assertion and added that the mantra was "unacceptable."
"In Oregon, we try to be a welcoming, inclusive state to all, no matter race, faith, gender, or background," she tweeted. "Our state and nation have an unpleasant historical past of discrimination and bigotry. The mantra at yesterday's Oregon-BYU sport was unacceptable. We should do higher."
The Oregon Geese defeated the BYU Cougars 41-20.