Democratic lawmakers are pushing President Obama to make a decision on whether religious groups that receive federal funding can choose to hire only co-religionists. Orthodox Jewish leaders met Tuesday with high-ranking White House officials (including Axelrod and DuBois) and encouraged them to take an aggressive stance on Iran and the “Jewish Michael Jordan” will announce his retirement today. Sec. of State Clinton swore in Farah Pandith as “special representative to Muslim communities,” and CIA head Leon Pannetta will meet with Muslims in Michigan. Sec. of Health and Human Services Sebelius declined to say whether she has stopped taking Communion as her bishop requested and Operate Rescue says it’s broke. Conservative religious groups are gearing up to fight a non-discrimination bill in Congress. Cuba will allow prisoners to attend Christian worship services.

The Anglican Church of Nigeria has a new archbishop-elect, Episcopal Bishop Leo Frade of Miami has authorized clergy to bless same-sex couples starting next month and San Francisco Episcopal bishop Marc Andrus has “low grade” prostrate cancer. Houses of worship are preparing for a second outbreak of swine flu, a Catholic volunteer in Cincinnati was fired after writing a letter in support of a controversial nun, and the Vatican will talk to the ultra-conservative Society of St. Pius X in October.

Remains were discovered from a 2,000-year-old synagogue where Jesus may have preached, a Viennese cathedral will open a coffee shop in its tower and officials in Tupelo, Miss. (Elvis’s birthplace) reversed a 100-year-old ban on selling alcohol on Sunday.

“O Happy Day,” as the King might say.