Where does Kamala Harris stand on issues of faith?

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Date posted:  22 Jul 2024
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Where does Kamala Harris stand on issues of faith?

Kamala Harris. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Where does Kamala Harris stand on issues of faith? Here are 10 quick facts to give you a briefing:

  1. Harris has a Baptist background. According to the National Catholic Reporter, a downstairs neighbour, Regina Shelton, often took Kamala and her sister, Maya, to Oakland’s 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland. A few years ago Harris told the publication Interfaith Youth Core: ‘I sang in the children’s choir. That’s where I formed some of my earliest memories of the Bible’s teachings. It’s where I learned that "faith" is a verb and that we must live it, and show it, in action.'
  2. But her mother was herself a Hindu and so Harris also attended events at a Hindu temple as a child. Her name, Kamala, means “lotus” in Sanskrit, and is another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
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