Buddhist, Hindu Make History With Elections To Congress

[aviv_b]

Tuesday's elections brought two historic firsts for religion in American politics: A Buddhist senator and a Hindu representative -- both from Hawaii -- will join Congress.

Democrat Mazie Hirono beat former Gov. Linda Lingle (R), making Hirono the first Buddhist in the Senate. In Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard defeated

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[koken23]

Your formatting is a little...weird. Possibly it's just me, but can you remove the changed font?

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[the_physicist]

not just you... the text runs off the edge of the page and can't be seen for me too :/

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[chasingtides]

This. I can't read the article.

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[anjak_j]

This. I thought there was something wrong with my friends page at first...

[hinoema]

Why is the text flowing out of the frame on the right?

[aviv_b]

Sorry, I hadn't removed all the formatting from the original article.

[hinoema]

Thanks!

I love this. Proof that America is really becoming more diverse. Or, as Rachel Maddow put is, the "New Normal" is becoming more diverse.

[ragnor144]

Agreeing on the wonky formatting...

This makes me incredibly happy, and likely has the far right in knots. Yes Bill O'Reilly - this is what a non-white majority looks like.

[aviv_b]

My bad, should be fixed.

[darth_eldritch]

Agree with the formatting being difficult to read, but what I'm reading, this is awesome!

[wrestlingdog]

After reading the article at the source, I agree with everyone else- this is so cool! Best of luck to both these women!