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The Swiss have just denied the U.S. government’s request to extradite Oscar-winning filmmaker and accused child rapist Roman Polanski, apparently on a legal technicality. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has weighed in, denouncing the decision: This is a travesty. Our hearts go out to anyone who was hurt by Polanski and…

There were a lot of quirky religion news stories with serious undertones this week, ranging from a cussing Catholic priest ministering to Mexican gangsters to the appointment of a Muslim mayor in a strongly Orthodox Jewish suburb of New York City. Iran even banned the mullet, among other decadent “un-Islamic” Western men’s hairstyles. But, I’ve got to give…

It’s been less than a week since President Obama took the podium at American University to make the case for comprehensive immigration reform — a speech that resonated with Catholics, Jews, evangelicals and mainline Protestants — and the clergy involved in the interfaith movement for new legislation used the July 4 holiday to preach on this issue to…

While I work on rounding up more information about the faith-based response to President Obama’s immigration reform speech, here are some links about the other big religion news out of Washington: how Elena Kagan responded to questions about the constitutional protection for religious freedom during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings yesterday. Kagan was asked about the First Amendment’s two religious…
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