Multi-faith families have officially hit the mainstream this week, in the form of a Doonesbury comic strip.
At the center of cartoonist Gary Trudeau’s strip this week is “Chap,” a white-haired woman and Protestant military chaplain who’s visiting wounded soldiers. One soldier, who wonders if a woman is allowed to give last rites, is the son of a Mormon father and Catholic mother who converted to Hinduism, “mostly for the Yoga.”
Asked if she does “mash-ups” for last rites, the chaplain answers, “It’s not pretty, but yeah.”
Here’s the strip. The rest of storyline is here. Should be interesting to see where it goes.