JD Vance expressed hope his Hindu wife will become a Christian. That's ruffled feathers in India

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When JD Vance told a stadium of thousands he hoped his wife would one day be moved “by the Christian gospel” the same way he was, he inadvertently stepped into a contentious dialogue in India and among the diaspora about religious freedom and, for some, evoked memories of the country’s complicated past with Christian proselytizing.

Speaking at an event last month with Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi, Vance was asked by an audience member about Christianity and American patriotism.

“Why are we making Christianity one of the major things that you have to have in common to be one of you guys? To show that I love America just as much as you do?” the audience member asked.

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Raised in an evangelical family, Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019. His wife, Usha Vance, who grew up in Southern California and is of Indian descent, was raised in a Hindu household.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jd-vance-expressed-hope-hindu-050100642.html

[Arazi]

1. She's from a high caste Hindu family

My guess is they assume/believe their culture is superior to anything in the US. They have a very proud and distinguished history of their own and it would have been perfectly reasonable to assume Vance would integrate into their world.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. This awkward doofus just keeps putting his foot in his mouth.

“Bauman said Vance’s remarks also confirmed a common stereotype many Hindus have of religion in Trump’s America: “America is not a nation of religious tolerance and pluralism but rather one that privileges Christianity over all other religions.”

They’re not wrong.

[GoodRaisin]

3. His actions don't keep with Christian beliefs. Why should she abandon her

religion for his fake religion?

[Iggo]

8. That's because he's an atheist.

We’re not that hard to spot.

[In It to Win It]

4. He didn't care when he married her so keep that same energy.

[msongs]

5. if she doesn't turn white soon she may be out a job nt

[Cha]

6. Fuck this shit.. Vance is about as "Christian" as

the head glazed orange pig.

[Iggo]

7. It's almost as if it'd be better if we just kept church and state separate.

[KentuckyWoman]

9. Affluence and "superiority".

My primary care doctor is from India. I would not even try to pronounce her full first name. She told me the biggest challenge immigrating was to unlearn that air of superiority that comes with being from a wealthy Indian family. I have thought a lot about that. Affluent whites around here could take a lesson from her.

She's an incredibly good doctor BTW.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. Which part of the Christian Gospel does he claim to have been moved by?

I'm afraid I'm not seeing any connection there.