A pair of alumni from Purdue University will now be able to have the inscription on a plaque include the name of their Lord.

Purdue University has backtracked on the prohibition of God’s name being placed on a plaque in memorial to the parents of an alumni who made a $12,500 donation to the School of Mechanical Engineering in 2012.

The inscription requested by Michael and Cindy McCracken was to read “to those who seek to better the world through the understanding of God’s physical laws and innovation of practical solutions.  In honor of Dr. William “Ed” and Glenda McCracken.”  The school initially refused to post the quote and without telling the donors posted a plaque with only the name of the parents.

On Wednesday the school backed off their claim that putting God in the plaque was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion by a public university.

Amy Noah, Purdue Vice President for Development, said in a statement they never intended to get into a disagreement with a valued donor or inadvertently expose Purdue to a potential legal crossfire.

Purdue University has banned God.

The University, which in the past has defended the rights of a speaker to blaspheme Jesus on their campus, told a donor they cannot put God’s name on a plaque because it could be offensive.

Dr. Michael McCracken made a pledge to the university’s school of mechanical engineering and Purdue offered the McCrackens a can to name a small conference room in the building according to Fox News.

Dr. McCracken wanted to name it after his father, a Purdue graduate.  The plaque would have read:

“To those who seek to better the world through the understanding of God’s physical laws and innovation of practical solutions. In honor of Dr. William ‘Ed’ and Glenda McCracken.”

The University instead installed a God-free plaque without telling the family that only mentioned McCracken’s parents.

Fox News’ Todd Starnes has tried to get University officials to explain why they defended blasphemy of Christ on their campus but deny Christians the right to mention God but officials will not return calls.