Some Students, Alums at Taylor U. Outraged That Mike Pence May Give Commencement
“I am physically shaking…I feel personally attacked”
Taylor is a Christian school, so it’s not clear what the outrage is about here. Has the left just successfully toxified Pence’s image?
FOX News reports:
Students, alumni outraged, ‘shaking’ after Vice President Pence invited to give commencement
Vice President Mike Pence is getting pushback from Taylor University students and alumni after the small evangelical Christian school tapped the former Indiana governor to be this year’s commencement speaker.
Over 3,300 people have signed a change.org petition to get Pence’s invitation to the mid-May commencement ceremony rescinded, claiming the “Trump-Pence Administration’s policies” are “not consistent with the Christian ethic of love we hold dear.”
One Taylor grad said the school, “should be ashamed…I am physically shaking…I feel personally attacked,” but not all alumni agree and Taylor officials said they are standing by their decision.
Upset alumni and students are voicing their anger as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential hopeful, criticized Pence. Buttigieg, who is openly gay, discussed his sexual orientation during an event hosted by the LGBTQ Victory Fund, saying: “If me being gay was a choice, it was made far, far above my pay grade … That’s the thing that I wish the Mike Pence’s of the world would understand – that if you got a problem with who I am – your problem is not with me, your quarrel sir, is with my creator.”
The vice president hit back saying Buttigieg “knows better.”
Kevin Holtsberry, a Taylor alumni, told “Fox & Friends” Monday morning the outraged alumni and students are mistaking disagreement on political issues with personal attacks, while also thanking the school for “standing firm” and not pulling Pence’s invitation.
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You feel personally attacked? GROW UP.
Wow – these poor little darlings are in for a shock in the real world.
Just because a school labels itself as Christian doesn’t mean it is actually following the teachings. See Loyola, Yale, etc.
Taylor is just up the road from me and I know some grads from there. Pence seems to be the perfect choice for those folks, and I would think unapologetically. They don’t seem to be very squishy on their adherence to doctrine.
If you “feel attacked” and are “physically shaking” over a guy giving a graduation speech you have a f**king problem. A huge one. Cull yourself from the herd, or just grow up.