I like Vance. That being said, with what you posted of his bio, I have to wonder how someone from reportedly lowly birth and childhood could achieve all that at his youthful age. Either he is brilliant and a Trump like Svengali or he is propped up by some group. Hopefully, good guy CIA or similar. I don’t mean to say I don’t like the pick. I am concerned that his wife is Hindu and he is Catholic. The cool couples work that out I guess, but I wouldn’t want that for myself or my loved ones. There is always hope though.
The painful reality of dual-religion marriages is that the children often come to believe in nothing. The Hindu religion has dozens of festivals to celebrate their beliefs, and Catholicism has about 16 formal celebrations for the very devout and 3 for the faithful but less devout (Lent, Easter and Christmas). Children of such marriages can certainly become religious but they must make a choice, by necessity. The psychological stress of choosing between a mother’s religion and a father’s religion, which must feel like choosing between a mother and a father, often leaves the children reluctant to choose at all, and both are lost.
*** I am concerned that his wife is Hindu and he is Catholic. The cool couples work that out I guess,…***
I know two other couples who are Catholic and Hindu mixed marriages. In one the husband is Catholic and the wife is Hindi, and the other, the wife is Catholic and the husband is Hindi. In both of these, they met their mates in Ohio, not that that has anything to do with Vance. It’s just coincidental. And all of the four are lovely people with wonderful families, some of the finest people I know.
I have been friends with a Hindu/Catholic couple for years. Works for them. Practicing Hindus share the same moral values as Catholics; of course many are HINO. Practicing and observant is what counts.