First Hindu US legislator makes history with oath on Gita | ummid.com

First Hindu US legislator makes history with oath on Gita | ummid.com
Raised by a Hindu mother and a Catholic father in "a multiracial, multicultural, multifaith family," Gabbard, 31, the first American Samoan and one of the first female combat veterans in US Congress, became the first US lawmaker ever to take the oath of office on the Gita Thursday.