"Hawaii was still pretty naive."

No, thank you. This is way off base and inaccurate. Our neighbors on the right were Asian Roman Catholics, we were raised Congregational Protestants although my father remained a Buddhist. and other neighbors were Catholics of mixed race if  Portugese-Filipinos are mixed. 

Hawaiian Alii converted to Christisnity, but were tolerant of other religious traditions which were accepted in Hawaii after little scrutiny or transparency. They weren't unenlightened. My hometown of 2,500 supported thirteen churches!  

I described Tulsi's variety of Hinduism a minority religion because I wanted to avoid "cult". But someone needs to tell us who her decision makers are and what their core beliefs are.   Tell us about her chief of staff.  Skip to the recent boat episode where it's alleged a senior member of her religious community killed a spear fisherman and seriously injured another diver.  Clarity will ease my discomfort.