Photo: The Vice President and his wife at a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14. Reuters.
I’ve always said, “There are two things you should never discuss with strangers: politics and religion.”
The same goes for your wife. Don’t discuss politics or religion with your wife, if you want to remain married.
This assumes, of course, that you want to remain married. Which may not be the case.
Like, what if your wife is Hindu? Maybe it’s time to discuss religion? I’m talking about a wife who’s Hindu, but living in the U.S. There’s nothing wrong with being Hindu in other places, like India, for example. Lots of Indian wives are Hindu, and it doesn’t cause any issues.
However, I’m coming across reports that the wife of JD Vance, our current Vice President — and perhaps “future President” — is Hindu.
AI says so.
Yes, Usha Vance was raised Hindu and identifies with that faith, although her husband, Vice President JD Vance, has expressed hope that she might be moved by Christianity.
If Vice President Vance has been talking with his wife about religion… oh, boy. He might be asking for trouble.
But maybe there’s method in his madness.
Here’s a photo I came across online. Could be a deep fake? I wouldn’t know. The website claims it actually happened.
Purportedly, this photo shows Vice President Vance in a warm embrace with Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, at a recent event.
A warm embrace? A bit “too warm”?
This was after Ms. Kirk lost her husband, of course. So, no harm, no foul. Ms. Kirk and the Vice President have no qualms about discussing politics together, so maybe we shouldn’t be reading too much into this photo.
But we also have some public comments made by the Vice President last Wednesday, during a Turning Point USA event.
“For us, it works out now most Sundays, Usha will come with me to church. As I’ve told her, and I’ve said publicly, and I’ll say now in front of 10,000 of my closest friends, do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in, by church. Yeah, I honestly I do wish that, because I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way. But if she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, and so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.”
That’s a bit cold-hearted, I think, because — as I understand the Gospel — if Usha refuses to become a Christian, she will be condemned to Hell. As I understand it. Presumably, the Vice President believes in Hell, as it’s sort of a part of the Christian Gospel. But like he says — and God says — everybody has free will.
Actually, I don’t know that God ever said, “Everybody has free will.” At least, not in so many words. Has anyone ever heard God say this? I have to wonder.
But the Vice President obviously said it, out loud, and publicly, at a Turning Point USA event.
I hope that wasn’t the same event where he got that warm hug from Erika Kirk.
Underrated writer Louis Cannon grew up in the vast American West, although his ex-wife, given the slightest opportunity, will deny that he ever grew up at all. You can read more stories on his Substack account.