Tim Kaine points at Hillary Clinton's Methodist faith as the 'root of everything she does'
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine connected presidential running mate Hillary Clinton's Methodist faith as the basis for her decisions and actions.
The 58-year-old Catholic Jesuit senator from Virginia discussed attended Thursday's annual meeting for the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. in New Orleans, where he discussed how the Methodist faith heavily influenced the former Secretary of State.
He talked about how the 68-year-old Clinton grew up as a Midwestern Methodist church kid and rose to become a Frist Lady of the White House, a senator and even a secretary of state.
"That Methodist connection, that beautiful sense of duty, the obligation to others, that is the root of everything she does," said Kaine, in a transcript made by the Hillary Clinton campaign shared with The Christian Post.
He also picked on how Clinton, who was a law student then, chose to work for Marian Wright Edelman at the Children's Defense Fund "to defend the right of young people in South Carolina's juvenile justice system" when she could have gone to Wall Street instead.
Kaine also shared how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. talked to Clinton about migrant worker issues when her youth pastor took her to Chicago to see the famed Baptist minister and civil rights activist.
"And then that opened her up to the fact that there were issues out there that she needed to grapple with," said Kaine.
According to a poll survey released July 13 by Pew Research Center, Hispanic Catholics solidly support Clinton, who promised to refuse any deportation among immigrants and to help them integrate into the American society.
Meanwhile, a majority of religious conservatives criticize Clinton for her unflinching support for abortion.
"But I do believe that in many areas judgment should be left to God, that being more open, tolerant and respectful is part of what makes me humble about my faith," said Clinton, during the sixth annual Women in The World Summit in April.
A supporter of same-sex marriage, Clinton also seemed to take a swipe at critical conservative Christians during a campaign event in Iowa.
"I have been very disappointed and sorry that Christianity, which has such great love at its core, is sometimes used to condemn so quickly and judge so harshly," she said.
