There aren't authoritative "faith leaders" for decentralized religions like Hinduism or Buddhism. What's happened here is that a likely-Caucasian lawmaker has s

There aren't authoritative "faith leaders" for decentralized religions like Hinduism or Buddhism. What's happened here is that a likely-Caucasian lawmaker has selectively picked out interpretations of scriptures and quotes from individuals that favor this policy, propped them up as evidence of support from all major religions, and tried to get ahead of criticism with a thinly-disguised PR play.