General Discussion

I don't see anyone stopping him from basking, and the OP and others who are objecting are objecting to the injection of religion into the political sphere, not his faith.

As a woman I have had terrible experiences with the vast majority of highly religious-sounding evangelical-type men I have interacted with. As a result I viscerally don't trust them.

He sounds good. He seems to walk the walk. You know as well as I do that he is a rare beast to do that, especially among politicians. As such I wish him well.

But no one is impeding his ability to celebrate or criticizing him for his faith. It is the very obvious lack of faith of every other politician who makes religion a centerpiece of their image that gives people pause when presented with another politician making religion a centerpiece of his image.