Vivek Ramaswamy's Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign
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Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, is hovering among the top contenders as a Republican presidential candidate while being open about his Hindu faith.

The 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate has been steadily garnering support in a party dominated by conservative Christians. In many polls, he’s in third place behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and he is one of six candidates who have qualified for the first GOP presidential debate on Aug. 23.

  • @MicroWave@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    “From a Hindu perspective, every person has a fundamental right to make a choice about how they want to access health care,” she said. "(Ramaswamy) saying unborn life is life, what does that mean policy-wise? It’s also worrying to see a Hindu feed into LGBTQ hate because Hinduism has a rich history when it comes to queerness.”

    • MasterOBee Master/King
      -1•1 year ago

      He’s not feeding into hate, he just doesn’t think that it needs to be taught in schools.

      I don’t think the history of soccer needs to be taught in schools, doesn’t mean I’m feeding into some sort of soccer hate.