University of Maryland Votes No Prayers at Commencement

Date: 
8 Apr 2009

The University of Maryland senate has voted to eliminate the school's invocation at their commencement ceremony. Key:

Holum said it was understood that many people on the large and diverse Maryland campus "felt excluded or marginalized" by having any prayer and by the prayers that have been delivered, which they considered essentially Christian in form and motivation.

Washington Post: U-Md. Senate Votes to Eliminate Invocation