Ugly chants heard at BYU road games over the past few years, as recently as last week when the Cougars played football at Cincinnati, have been aimed not just at BYU, but at its sponsoring religion — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — and those who practice that faith.

And when a religion is verbally attacked with a chorus of “F--- the Mormons,” the more hard-hearted might say, “Hey, it’s no big thing,” or “Laugh it off,” or “No harm, no foul.” But to individual Latter-day Saints, it is or can be harmful and a foul.

Such was the case with Brandi Hicken and her husband, Jared. Brandi posted her story on social media, illustrating a perspective that might have dissuaded all but the cruelest of those who participated in the chant from doing so.

Hicken explained that she and

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