Vice President Pence speaks during the 2017 commencement ceremony at the University of Notre Dame. He is scheduled to speak next month at Taylor University, also in Indiana, in a planned appearance that has drawn backlash. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)Vice President Pence, an evangelical Christian, has imparted graduation advice to a narrow slice of American students — those gaining degrees from religious colleges and military academies. Pence dismissed what he called the “attacks on my Christian faith.”Meanwhile, as the commencement controversy deepened this week, Christian leaders and conservative news outlets closed ranks around Pence. Naval Academy and Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., where Pence is also slated to speak next month, shortly before his remarks at Taylor University.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2019 09:07 UTC