A small evangelical Christian college is getting pushback over its decision to invite Vice President Mike Pence to deliver this year’s commencement speech. Taylor University, in Pence’s home state of Indiana, has been getting complaints from some students, alumni and faculty since announcing the vice president’s selection as 2019 commencement speaker on April 11. The petition includes contact information for university President Paul Lowell Haines, as well as other administrative officials, student organizations, and donors. James Garringer, a Taylor University spokesman, said Monday in a statement that the school wasn’t reconsidering the invitation. “Since making the announcement of Vice President Mike Pence’s upcoming commencement speech, we have received feedback from people on either side of the issue,” Garringer said.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2019 18:22 UTC