{"id":845,"date":"2008-09-19T13:13:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/09\/obama-reaches-out-to-religion.html"},"modified":"2008-09-19T13:13:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T13:13:41","slug":"obama-reaches-out-to-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/09\/obama-reaches-out-to-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Reaches Out to Religion Newswriters Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"reporterbook.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/imgs\/reporterbook.jpg\" width=\"95\" height=\"143\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>In 2004, Christianity Today couldn&#8217;t get the John Kerry campaign to return its phone calls. Today, by contrast, the Obama campaign has sent out an invitation to religion reporters in Washington, DC attending the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/typepad\/religionnews\/rna_annual_conference_200\">Religion Newsriters Association conference<\/a> to attend a just-scheduled briefing on is faith outreach operation. Hundreds of reporters are attending the conference, so it should be some briefing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2004, Christianity Today couldn&#8217;t get the John Kerry campaign to return its phone calls. Today, by contrast, the Obama campaign has sent out an invitation to religion reporters in Washington, DC attending the annual Religion Newsriters Association conference to attend a just-scheduled briefing on is faith outreach operation. 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