Sunday, April 12, 2009

Obama's Easter Plans Unclear; Weekly Address Focuses On Holidays--[UPDATED]

The New York Times on Friday speculated broadly on what church the Obama family might attend for Easter services. At Friday's White House press briefing (full text), press secretary Robert Gibbs refused to disclose President Obama's choice. Meanwhile, the President's weekly address yesterday (full text) focused in part on Easter and Passover, saying that both holidays are "occasions to think more deeply about the obligations we have to ourselves and the obligations we have to one another."

UPDATE: The Washington Post reports that the Obama family attended Easter services at at St. John's Episcopal Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House. Huffington Post has a video of the Obama's going to St. John's and a detailed pool report on the service.