{"id":11623,"date":"2012-06-29T08:45:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T22:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/articles\/obama-creates-wedding-gift-registry\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T02:40:58","slug":"obama-creates-wedding-gift-registry","status":"publish","type":"uk-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/obama-creates-wedding-gift-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama creates wedding gift registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28667 \" style=\"margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px\" title=\"Barack and Michelle Obama on their wedding day (October 3, 1992).\" alt=\"Barack and Michelle Obama on their wedding day (October 3, 1992).\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/28181329\/barack-obama-wedding-photo-thumb-370x500-92246.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"311\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barack and Michelle Obama on their wedding day (October 3, 1992).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US President Barack Obama has the perfect gift suggestion for couples getting married, they can donate their wedding gift money to his re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, in a brilliantly clever twist in America&#8217;s next election, Obama has set up a gift registry that will allow his supporters to ask friends and family to donate money to his cause in lieu of gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Though some would say it&#8217;s a tad self-serving, it&#8217;s actually a very clever way to boost his election campaign fund, and an out-of-the-box approach to political donations, one we&#8217;re sure will be borrowed by political campaigners in future elections across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got a special milestone or event coming up?&#8221; reads the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/obama-event-registry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Event Registry<\/a> website. &#8220;Instead of another gift card you\u2019ll forget to use, ask your friends and family for something that will go a little further: a donation to Obama for America. Register your next celebration\u2014whether it\u2019s a birthday, bar or bat mitzvah, wedding, or anniversary\u2014with the Obama campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a great way to show your support for a cause that\u2019s important to you on your big day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, though, frankly, I&#8217;d prefer a honeymoon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3315,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_article_category":[6810],"uk_article_tag":[2498,3332,3854,3963,4832],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/11623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/11623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_category?post=11623"},{"taxonomy":"uk_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_tag?post=11623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}