Overview
- Speaking at a Turning Point USA Q&A at the University of Mississippi, Vance said he hopes his Hindu-raised wife, Usha, will "eventually" be moved to the Christian faith.
- He said her not converting would not be a problem for him, citing the Christian principle of free will.
- Vance said the couple agreed to raise their children Christian, with two in a Christian school and their eight-year-old having completed First Communion last year.
- He noted that Usha joins him at church most Sundays and recalled that both considered themselves agnostic when they met at Yale Law School.
- Answering a question on church–state issues, he defended Christian values in public life and criticized interpretations that exclude religion from public spaces.