{"id":414,"date":"2005-04-20T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-20T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2005-04-20T03:53:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-20T03:53:00","slug":"414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

When is a Druid not a Druid?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another twist in the William Melnyk affair<\/a>. Jason Pitzl-Waters has the conspiracy theories<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When is a Druid not a Druid? Another twist in the William Melnyk affair. Jason Pitzl-Waters has the conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-414","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":411,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=411","url_meta":{"origin":414,"position":0},"title":"Episcopalians and Druids, cont.The saga\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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Christianity Today's blog has their bishop's statement: the situation is \"extremely serious,\" but there is no rush to the stake,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7362,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7362","url_meta":{"origin":414,"position":4},"title":"Irish Druids Now Officially “Indigenous” \u2014\u00a0They Say","author":"Chas S. 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