America's first Hindu congresswoman will swear oath of office on Bhagavad Gita

[Julius Skrrvin]

Last night, Hawaii not only elected Japan-born Mazie Hirono to be the first ever Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, they also elected Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as the first ever practicing Hindu to the US House of Representatives. Hawaii has been declared a Fox News Disaster Zone.

Thirty-one-year-old Gabbard is the daughter of two conservative Hawaii politicians and first ran for office at age 21. After her first term, she voluntarily served on a 12-month tour of duty with Hawaii's National Guard, and then became the first woman in the history of the Accelerated Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy to be designated a "distinguished honor graduate."

When she's sworn in this January, she'll take her oath of office over a Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text for followers of Hinduism, or Sanatana Dharma.. According to HuffPo, Gabbard's favorite verses include,

Quote:

— "That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul." (2:17)
— "The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."(2.23)

Gabbard hopes that her faith will help her to assist the US in fostering a better relationship with India, where a large portion of the population is Hindu.

Other non-Christian adherent Congresspeople include Minnesota's Keith Ellison, who took his oath of office over the Qu'ran. But as far as I know, no elected officials have been sworn in with a special edition DVD version of Cecil B. Demille's The Ten Commandments, which is probably what I'd pick.

America's First Ever Hindu Congresswoman Will Take the Oath of Office Over the Bhagavad Gita

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Full blown atheist born and raised in the Netherlands .....




....but that's my heritage

Krishna & Arjuna

Spoiler

at my girl Tulsi

 

[zerozero]

good

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I was going to post about her in the political piff thread. But this is probably a better one.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Full blown atheist born and raised in the Netherlands .....




....but that's my heritage

Krishna & Arjuna

Spoiler

at my girl Tulsi

same breh, im an agnostic raised hindu but but this shyt has me

 

[The Real]

Damn white people got an even more severe reality check this election than I anticipated. Good to see an Indian politician out there not tapdancing like "Bobby" Jindal and "Nikki" Haley with their adopted Christianity and changed names.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

rip to karna. krishna did him dirty

 

[Type Username Here]

Why are we swearing government oaths on religious books still?

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

rip to karna. krishna did him dirty

Thats why you dont fukk with the gawd (literally?)

and cosign on the name changing and conversion. shyt literally makes me sick. I don't know any indians riding for nikki haley or bobby jig-a-bindal, and i hope i never do. shyts disgusting

:saty:

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Why are we swearing government oaths on religious books still?

Yeah, we should swear on the constitution or pledge of allegiance instead, definitely

*swears oath on Dune*

 

[Type Username Here]

Damn white people got an even more severe reality check this election than I anticipated. Good to see an Indian politician out there not tapdancing like "Bobby" Jindal and "Nikki" Haley with their adopted Christianity and changed names.

What about "Barry" Obama? With your reasoning, you can make the same argument for his case. Grew up attending some Muslim services, raised by an atheist mother, and then becomes a devout Christian before running for political office. Also used a nickname due to his ethnic name.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I mean dude most ethnic kids have nicknames simply because american people are incapable of getting our real names right. I've got a few myself and my name is 4 letters long and mostly phonetic

 

[The Real]

What about "Barry" Obama? With your reasoning, you can make the same argument for his case. Grew up attending some Muslim services, raised by an atheist mother, and then becomes a devout Christian before running for political office. Also used a nickname due to his ethnic name.

Sure, I think he's guilty of it to some extent, too, though being raised "white" complicates things here a bit, I think. I definitely think his Christianity was strategic- joining a Black church when trying to come up in Chicago, then joining and Evangelical one when hitting DC, etc. I think he is probably more of a multireligious/all religions are valid type at heart. You see him rocking those bracelets with symbols from all religions on them, which you'd never see most of these other politicians do.

 

[Type Username Here]

Yeah, we should swear on the constitution or pledge of allegiance instead, definitely

*swears oath on Dune*

Pledge of Allegiance? fukk that thing.

They should swear on the Constitution since that is what the oath describes.

Oaths:

I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

 

[Type Username Here]

I mean dude most ethnic kids have nicknames simply because american people are incapable of getting our real names right. I've got a few myself and my name is 4 letters long and mostly phonetic

I understand the reason behind it, just thought The Real was bot being inclusive enough by singling out two Republicans.