Bobby Jindal & Nikki Haley - Is Renouncing Hinduism a Requirement for Indian-American Politicians in the GOP?

Indian-American Governors Jindal and Haley

The question I pose is a rhetorical one, since the answer is obviously "yes."  Both Louisiana Governor Piyush Jindal (Bobby to his constituents) and  South Carolina Governor Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley,  (Nikki to her supporters) renounced their birth religions and converted to Christianity.  But I wonder how that works.  How far must they run from their "demonic" pasts to suit their fundamentalist Christian audiences?  Do they have to denounce their Hindu parents and relatives?  Do they ever get nervous about slip ups? What happens when a Hindu relative or old family friend comes to visit. Are they shunted off to a private wing of the Governor's Mansion?  Or do these Governors have house rules posted inside the front door of their residences:  no guests allowed wearing saris, smelling of curry, or carrying elephant, monkey, many-armed divinity icons, and jewelry suggesting Hindu idolatry.  

As an African-American, it reminds me of a period in history that I would just as well forget, when some of my light-skinned relatives  "passed for white."  Of course it's not exactly the same thing.  Our Indian-American governors aren't exactly pretending that they're of European ancestry.   But let's be frank.  They are pretending. They are acting as though the ugly-spirited  bigotry of their supporters is not meant to push their buttons, to test their fortitude or ambitions or self-loathing.  How exhausting it must be to listen to their constituents spew hatred at  "those people" day in and day out.

Governor Bobby Jindal has even ratcheted up the vitriol and in a recent speech called for insurrection in Washington, D.C.  This is shameful. But maybe it's the reason why the majority of Indian-Americans prefer to hold onto their self-respect and thus vote Democrat.