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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
Not sure I understood what you were saying here but ATC instructions are very clear, they will only clear you for one approach.
You can be cleared for an "ILS" OR for a "LOC" if your approach plate say LOC. If such plate does not exist you'll be cleared for an "ILS glideslope OUT."
What I'm saying is that I've never been cleared for an "ILS glideslope out" and if I wanted to fly a localizer only instead of a full ILS I've never asked. On the other hand, I haven't intentionally flown a LOC when the ILS was operative in about 5 or 6 years. It is possible that some terminology has changed, as the names of approaches have only recently started to.
Knowing what the mins for the loc are and using them as a potential backup is not remotely unsafe IMO. Do airlines teach it? I don't know, maybe maybe not. Have I ever been corrected while briefing it? Nope. What's one more number or a two second glance at an approach plate?