The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to UWisconsin-Whitewater objecting to the fact that the university invited students to attend a prayer vigil for a student killed in the Fort Hood shootings. Amy Krueger, of Kiel, was a psychology major who had transferred to UW-Whitewater last year. She was one of two Wisconsin soldiers killed in the attack.

The Foundation’s Nov. 10 letter asked Chancellor Richard Telfer to change the name of the event from prayer vigil to memorial service.

“It is appropriate and laudable for a pulic university to hold a memorial service for one its students tragically killed,” wrote Freedom From Religion staff attorney Rebecca Kratz. “However, that service cannot be deemed a ‘prayer vigil.'” The event was not organized by the university, but rather, the Campus Ministry Center.

“If we made an error in judgment, it was because of the emotions surrounding the event,” said Sara Kuhl, spokeswoman for the university. “We suffered a loss on this campus. We wanted to make students aware of it. Should we have changed the name to remove prayer? Probably.”

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