This doctrinal dispute may not matter in Republican primaries, but it’s easy to imagine Democrats highlighting religious affiliation and LGBTQ concerns if underdog Haley manages to win the Republican nomination for president or vice president.
Already, LGBTQNation and People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch are on the warpath. Note the targeting of Haley’s friend Pastor John Hagee, who prayed at her campaign launch. As a candidate, she will need strong support from cultural conservatives, which will require clear stands on issues linked to parental rights, religious liberty and abortion.
Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa and raised in Sikhism, Haley was encouraged by her parents to visit varied churches and understand the surrounding culture. She married husband Michael in both Sikh and Methodist ceremonies and soon after converted to Christianity. She occasionally visits Sikh gurdwaras out of respect for her family’s heritage, and has toured the religion’s holiest site, the Golden Temple in India.
During her rapid rise to be a South Carolina legislator and governor and then Trump’s United Nations ambassador, Haley has endured religious potshots from both right and left.
I like Nikki. I have met her a couple of times, and I think she has the stuff to be a great President of the United States some day. She is way behind in the polls, but it is very early.
I haven't seen any comment from her about her church's recent decision, but I am certain that will come up.
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Thanks for this! No matter how she does, this will become an example of the religious bigotry of the left. They cannot tolerate anyone who dissents from their new, twisted religion.
ReplyDeleteThat's an impressive vote total. Further, the most recent census put Lexington at slightly more than 25,000. 25% of them belong to this Methodist church, and they voted overwhelmingly to leave the UMC.