{"id":146,"date":"2008-09-03T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=146"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:27:47","slug":"david-gray-who-is-sarah-palins-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2008\/09\/03\/david-gray-who-is-sarah-palins-pastor\/146\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gray: Who is Sarah Palin&#8217;s Pastor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the focus during the primary campaign season on the words of the candidates&#8217; ministers, whether it was Jeremiah Wright for Barack Obama or John Hagee for John McCain, one has to wonder when the press will start focusing on Sarah Palin&#8217;s pastor. As a member of a conservative, evangelical congregation in suburban Alaska, there is a decent chance Palin was present for some controversial sermons from time to time. Much as Obama was hit with the content of Wright&#8217;s sermons, one would expect Palin to receive the same treatment from the media in terms of her pastor&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;David Gray directs the New America Foundation&#8217;s Workforce and Family Program. An attorney and ordained Presbyterian minister, he is a chaplain at American University in Washington, DC.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the focus during the primary campaign season on the words of the candidates&#8217; ministers, whether it was Jeremiah Wright for Barack Obama or John Hagee for John McCain, one has to wonder when the press will start focusing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2008\/09\/03\/david-gray-who-is-sarah-palins-pastor\/146\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":16245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1040,1079,1080,8346,1060],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-david-gray","tag-jeremiah-wright","tag-john-hagee","tag-one-nation-religion-politics","tag-sarah-palin","topics-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Gray: Who is Sarah Palin&#039;s Pastor? 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