Democratic VP Pick Tim Kaine Has Attended a Black Church for More Than 30 Years

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Breaking with that tradition, Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has attendedย an integrated (well, technically, โ€œblackโ€) church for more than 30 years.

Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, have been parishioners of St. Elizabethโ€™s Roman Catholic Church in what is described as a โ€œpoor, predominantly black working-class neighborhood in Richmond, Va.,โ€ since the early โ€˜80s. Kaine has been a practicing Catholic his entire life, and his faith is a pillar in his life.

According to NBC News, the senatorย returned to the church for a recent Sunday mass after being named as Hillary Clintonโ€™s running mate and told reporters about his introduction to St. Eโ€™s:

โ€œAnne found it in the summer of 1984. We were married here in November of 1984, and this and our neighborhood are really the center of our lives here. So we needed some prayers today, and we got some prayers, and we got some support, and it really feels good,โ€ he said.

His wife then spoke to the congregation: โ€œTim and I found our way to his parish 32 years ago almost by accident,โ€ she said, then thanked the congregation for the prayers and promised that โ€œwe will all have a big party at the end no matter what happens.โ€

The senator, who is a tenor in the choir, was also asked to sing "Taste and See" for the congregation.

Kaine and his wife, who just resigned her post as Virginiaโ€™s secretary of education and is a former governorโ€™s daughter whoย integrated Richmondโ€™s public schools as a child, chose to send their three children to public school, another big departure from most politicians, who send their children to private institutions.

Itโ€™s one thing to talk the talk, but quite another to walk the walk.

Read more at NBC News.

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