Items of Interest December 31, 2012 Issue

Buddhist, Hindu make history in new United States Congress

Daniel Burke

‘Buddhist, Hindu make history in new Congress’ © 2012 Religion News Service. Used with permission. November 7, 2012

Congress will become … more religiously diverse this January, after Tuesday’s (November 6) election of the first Hindu representative and first Buddhist senator.

Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, will become the first Hindu American congresswoman, after defeating her Republican rival on Tuesday. …

The 31-year-old Gabbard was born in American Samoa to a Catholic father and a Hindu mother, and moved to Hawaii when she was two. The Iraq War veteran said she follows the Vaishnava branch of Hinduism, which venerates the deity Lord Vishnu and his incarnations.

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