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First Family Walks To Church In Their Sunday Best (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | Style

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The first family set out for St. John's Church on Sunday morning, walking two blocks from the White House to attend prayer services. The first lady wo...

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Obamas Attend Church At Episcopal St. Johns, Across From The White House

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John's Church, an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square just a...

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Evergreen Chapel: Time Reports Obama Chose Church At Camp David, White House Denies

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Time Magazine reported Monday that President Obama, after months of visiting different places of worship, had chosen the church at Camp David: For th...

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Weekly Churchgoers Are Down With Obama

CBN | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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New information from the latest Gallup Poll shows a majority of weekly Church attendees are happy with the job he's doing. Read below from Gallup:...

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Washington Churches Eye The Obamas

New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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The invitations have come in neatly typed letters, whispered entreaties and please-join-us blogs. They have come from predominantly white churches and...

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Obama To Attend D.C. Church For Easter

Politico | NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Come Easter Sunday, President Barack Obama will attend a local church for the first time since taking office, but aides say that won't necessarily be ...

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Should President Obama Go to Church?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

President Obama's aides are roaming across Washington, DC on one of their most politically fraught missions.

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President Obama Straddles the Wall of Separation

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Ledewitz

The nomination of Judge David F. Hamilton would be important if it tells us something about President Obama's preferred position on the separation of church and state.

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White House Commissions Prayers For Obama Public Events

US News & World Report | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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When Barack Obama's presidential campaign contacted Ryan Culp last year to ask him to deliver a prayer at an Obama rally in Culp's native Elkhart, Ind...

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Obama Opens First Full Day As President With Prayer Service

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday participated in a traditional, post-inaugural national prayer service and listened intently to ...

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Obamas Begin Their Big Day With Church

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

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WASHINGTON — As he became a precedent-shattering president Tuesday, Barack Obama wrapped himself in deep traditions and familiar comforts. Goin...

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D.C. Churches Compete To Attract The Obamas

Washington Post | Jacqueline L. Salmon and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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There have been letters, discreet inquiries and bold appeals. Some are using their connections; others are just seeking a foot in the door. It's part...

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Virginia Masses Turn Out For Obama; Concerned With Campaign Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

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Emily Pease

It doesn't bother her that the campaign might turn ugly. "This is the Armageddon of politics," she said. "It's going to be war. I want to tell Barack, 'Don't fear it, accept it.'"

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Democrats Were Never Anti-Religious

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

The right wing evangelical agenda was never a quest for freedom; it was a quest to deny it to others. This year might see significant political, and yes, spiritual growth among the evangelical voting population

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Obama's "Cultural Issues" At Play in Chicago

Christine Escobar | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

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Christine Escobar

Supporters of Fr. Pflegler believe street-level advocates bring about the change Obama speaks so eloquently about. To turn away from that in the face of shoddy criticism seems to second guess their work.

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If Wright Were White

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Home

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Leonce Gaiter

In this election cycle, there was always going to be a Jeremiah Wright. In America, there are different standards. Black people are more quickly judged intemperate and arrogant and angry.

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Sam Stein

Reverend Wright's Church Bulletins: On Philanthropy, Race, And Life In The Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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On Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama distanced himself from his controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, saying in part that he no longer recognize...

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Obama Was In Chicago The Morning Of Controversial Sermon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A bit of campaign controversy broke out Monday morning, after Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign and members of the media pointed to a serious ...

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Obama's Church Accuses Media Of Character Assassination

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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The Chicago church attended by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) issued a statement Sunday contending that coverage of his pastor's inflammatory statements a...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Pastor's Remarks Spark Debate About Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The emergence of controversial video-taped sermons by Barack Obama's longtime Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has produced an explosion of commentary...

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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Raymond Leon Roker

People like Rev. Jeremiah Wright don't speak for all blacks. We are not in lock step, no matter how much we all might like rap music.

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Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor, Prompts Candidate To Address Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The appearance of video by Jeremiah Wright, pastor to Barack Obama, has caused a recent frenzy as both Democratic candidate struggle with the issue of...

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Obama Pastor's Sermons May Violate Tax Laws

Wall Street Journal | Suzanne Sataline | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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On Christmas morning, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. compared presidential candidate Barack Obama's impoverished childhood to Jesus Christ's. "Barack knows ...

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