Dozens of students and faculty at Taylor University in Indiana reportedly walked out of a graduation ceremony Saturday minutes before Vice President Pence took the stage to deliver the commencement address.
The protest, which was planned prior to Saturday’s ceremony, comes after the university community debated the appropriateness of Pence’s appearance at the Christian liberal arts institution, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Most of Taylor’s graduating class of 494 students, however, remained for Pence’s speech and gave the former Indiana GOP governor a standing ovation after the walkout, the newspaper reported.
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