A group of students at Brigham Young University (BYU), a school owned by the Mormon Church, is protesting a ban on beards.

According to the Associated Press, about 50 students rode on bikes, skateboards and rollerblades to the Provo, Utah campus from the City Library on Friday. However, not everyone had facial hair and some wore paper beards for the sake of the demonstration.

BYU is known for its strict student conduct code, but permitting beards is an amendment the demonstrators feel would be of no consequence to the way things are run.

"I love BYU. I love being a student here," Shane Pittson, the Friday demonstration's organizer, told the Salt Lake Tribune. "But the rule on beards I find particularly outdated."

A junior majoring in international studies, Pittson said a fellow student confronted him when trying to spread word of his demonstration. The classmate took a look at the flier and tore it up to prove a point.

"He looked at me and was like, 'If you don't like the honor code, then you don't have to go here,'" Pittson said.

University spokeswoman Carri Jenkins told the Tribune that students once crafted the honor code at BYU and it has nothing to do with disliking beards. Every student agrees to honor the code officially becoming a student and other commitments include abstaining from alcohol, premarital sex, tattoos and more.

"It's nothing against beards. It's just how we choose to represent ourselves at the university," Jenkins said.

Under the honor code, students are allowed to have beards in some isolated instances, Think Progress noted. For example, students with skin conditions or who are acting in a production may be allowed to wear one, but they need to obtain prior permission.

Even though Pittson wants the rule changed, he shaved the beard he spent the summer growing out of respect for the honor code, he told the Tribune.

"I figured it would make more of an impact to say, 'I respect the university and here I am abiding by the rules but asking for change.'"