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Another Sunday without church
As my colleagues Jonathan Martin and Carol Lee noted last week , Barack Obama -- despite undergoing a campaign maelstrom over his pastor -- isn't a regular churchgoer. He didn't often attend Sunday services on the trail, and -- unlike presidents-elect Bush and Clinton -- hadn't been since his ...
Church seeks sign at Capitol
theolympian.com — A Kansas-based church that has blamed deaths in Iraq on U.S. tolerance of homosexuality has asked Gov.... Chris Gregoire's office to approve a "Santa Claus will take you to Hell" message to display among other religious statements in the Capitol's ... (more) Church seeks sign at Capitol
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Church attendance reports
Political Animal — ... since the election on Barack Obama's church attendance, or in this case, the lack thereof. Yesterday, it had another item , from the estimable Ben Smith, under the headline, "Another Sunday without church." As my colleagues Jonathan Martin and Carol Lee noted last week, Barack Obama -- despite undergoing a campaign maelstrom over his pastor -- isn't a regular churchgoer. He didn't often attend Sunday services on the trail, and -- unlike Presidents-elect Bush and Clinton -- hadn't been since his election. He extended that streak this morning, with the pool report saying only ...

Obama's Churchgoing Habits Overexamined By Politico
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Then, on December 7, Politico's Ben Smith picked up the ball and wrote a blog post on the topic that was also boring and inconsequential but nevertheless superior to Martin's in that it was blessedly short. ...

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