Other than his hug with Erika, J.D.’s feedback about Usha and her religion on the Turning Level occasion additionally raised eyebrows.
“How are you instructing your youngsters to not hold your faith forward of their mom’s faith?… Why are we making Christianity one of many main issues that you must have in frequent to be certainly one of you guys, to point out that I like America simply as you do?” a pupil requested J.D.
“All people has to come back to their very own association right here,” he responded. “The way in which that we have come to our association is she’s my finest good friend. We speak to one another about these things. So, we have determined to lift our children Christian.”
Whereas he famous Usha involves church with him “most Sundays,” he admitted he hopes she’s going to finally be ” moved by the identical factor” that moved him within the church.
“Yeah, actually, I do want that, as a result of I consider within the Christian gospel and I hope finally my spouse involves see it the identical method,” he elaborated. “But when she does not, then God says everyone has free will and so that does not trigger an issue for me.”
His remarks led to accusations of throwing his spouse “underneath the bus” and having “Hindu-phobia” and hypocrisy.