JD Vance hopes his Indian-Origin Wife Usha will convert to Christianity, says ‘that’s her free will’
Washington: US Vice President JD Vance has said that he hopes his Indian-origin wife, Usha Vance, will one day embrace Christianity, but added that her choice would remain her own.
Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, Vance said, “Now most Sundays Usha will come with me to church. As I’ve told her and said publicly, do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do. Because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.”
He, however, clarified that her decision would not affect their relationship, saying, “If she doesn’t, then God says everybody has free will, so that doesn’t cause a problem for me.”
Vance also revealed that Usha grew up in a Hindu family “but not a particularly religious one.” He added that when they first met at Yale University, both of them identified as agnostic or atheist.
The Vice President further disclosed that he and Usha had agreed to raise their three children, Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel, in the Christian faith, and that they attend a Catholic school.
Earlier this year, Usha Vance had discussed their interfaith family setup on Meghan McCain’s podcast Citizen McCain. “We send our kids to Catholic school, and we have given them each the choice — they can decide whether they want to be baptised Catholic,” she said.
Usha also shared that JD converted to Catholicism after the birth of their first child. “When you convert to Catholicism, it comes with certain obligations, like raising your child in the faith. We had a lot of real conversations about how to do that — I’m not Catholic, and I’m not intending to convert,” she explained.
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Swamiji fires gun into the air in Kalaburagi village, video goes viral
Kalaburagi: An incident involving a swamiji firing a gun into the air has been reported from Udachan village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district. The act, captured on video, has since gone viral on social media.
The swamiji has been identified as Sri Shantalinga Shivacharya, pontiff of the Hiremath of Sri Shankaralingeshwara Samsthana. According to reports, the incident took place on Sunday evening within the premises of the math, where the swamiji allegedly fired a single-barrel gun into the air.
This is not the first time the swami has courted controversy. Last year, he was reportedly found driving erratically under the influence of alcohol in Salotagi village of neighbouring Indi taluk, following which members of the public confronted him. He later fled from the math, sources said.
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More recently, during the annual fair of the Sri Shankaralingeshwara Math in Udachan village, the swami had arrived at the village with police protection, claiming to be the rightful pontiff of the math. Despite opposition from villagers, he reportedly went ahead and conducted rituals related to the fair.
The latest incident of firing the gun into the air has triggered criticism, especially after the video surfaced online. Further action, if any, is awaited from the authorities.
