{"id":875,"date":"2007-05-17T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2007-05-17T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-17T20:12:00","slug":"if-i-had-a-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"If I Had a Hammer . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Veterans Administration has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasclifton.com\/2007\/04\/va-approves-wiccan-pentagram.html\">granted the Wiccan pentacle<\/a> as a grave marker, <a href=\"http:\/\/northernpath.org\/blog\/?p=22\">the quest for Thor&#8217;s hammer begins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pesky polytheists!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Veterans Administration has granted the Wiccan pentacle as a grave marker, the quest for Thor&#8217;s hammer begins. 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