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“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-esque,” one official said.

The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

The department, according to a copy of an internal cable obtained by POLITICO, will work with an administration-wide task force to collect information “involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration” and will collect examples of anti-Christian bias through anonymous employee report forms.

The cable was sent out to embassies around the world under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name. The instructions also were released in a department-wide notice.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 221 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Do they mean like when their leadership is revoking student visas, going Leviticus 19:34 states: "You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself".

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 74 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Leviticus is from the Jewish part, though, and is therefore inherently less valuable to Christians unless there's anything in there about murdering gays or treating women like property.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And what about the book of James which says the same thing in different words?

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Bible says everything if you look hard enough. There's no point in argumenting this way.

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[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 112 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you hate Donna in accounting for wishing you a “happy holidays” in 2021? Now you finally have the opportunity to get back at that god-hating bitch! Rat her out to HR and send her ass to El Salvador!

/s

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Goddamn.

I don't think the /s is appropriate. That's like...gonna happen.

[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I didn’t want to get flamed by anyone that couldn’t immediately see it was a joke lol

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah but like... it's not a joke

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[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 91 points 1 week ago (20 children)

Fuck religion, brain dead morons

[–] Mortoc@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We are cursed to live in a society where most grown ass adults still believe in magic.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Religion, AI, living forever, etc. The people at the top of american society are quite possibly among the most gullible rubes to live on this planet. 45 years of low taxes has cooked our society

[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Religion is a big fuckin sham. At best it’s brainwashing people to fawn over fictional characters and at worst it’s a disgusting grift to get rich (tax free not to mention) by taking advantage of people’s fear and insecurities. The world ~~could use~~ needs more secularism.

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least now I have something to yell if a member of the US government attempts to grab me off the street—“This is religious persecution! I’m a Christian!”

It should take them a while to sort that out.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

"God in heaven! No, I won't join your satanic sex cult!"

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Took them a while, but the south finally rose again.

And fucked us all without lube.

how very constitutional

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Just start reporting cops.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago

How's that first amendment working? No? How about the second, then?

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 40 points 1 week ago

That's rich coming from a bunch of fucks who would pay money to line up to waterboard their own savior.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My job is working in government. I also happen to be Christian.

But at church I'm not a government employee, and at work I'm not a Christian, because one has nothing to do with the other. Separation of church and state is good for both institutions.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Ah yes. Internal purging. Fascist checklist is moving real fast.

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Should report trump for being an Antichrist

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right. Rules for thee but not for me.

Let's start that list of anti christian behavior of trump:

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[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like Christians are going to try and purge society. Again. Get your guns and be ready. Load up on bullets. Train. Go to a range.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And trauma kits. Have them and learn to use them.

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 week ago

I was just recently having an internal debate on whether to refer to the US government as extremist Christians or not. I guess this solves that dilemma.

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What baffles me is like, if you have to set a theological standard for a government then you'll have to persecute 99% of Christians too, cause this one flavor of evangigilical baptist or whatever that is leading the fray alienates all of the catholics and however many protestant denominations of Christianity. You cant have a Christian state and just assume all other Christians will fall in line behind your doctrine because Christianity itself can't agree on the doctrine.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You cant have a Christian state and just assume all other Christians will fall in line behind your doctrine because Christianity itself can’t agree on the doctrine.

You're missing the bigger picture of "selective enforcement". If everyone is guilty, then there's no need to manufacture a pretext fire them or to arrest them and throw them jail possibly in El Salvador beyond the reach of the rule of law).

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Alright bet.

So...

The entire fucking GOP, all of project 2025?

Let's ask the fuckin Pope, shall we?? Put up or STFU. This administration is such a pathetic display of cowardice.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (6 children)

So in case you didn’t get the memo, lots of evangelicals don’t like the pope because he’s too tolerant.

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[–] MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 17 points 1 week ago

Ah shit here we go again

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago

Christian Nationalists leading the downfall

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Well, Secretary Rubio is among the least christian people in the state department, so…

[–] brossman@infosec.pub 11 points 1 week ago

and I thought all the previous reporting/tip lines were ripe for abuse. brava, you dipshits have really outdone yourselves.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This has always been the next step. They go after gays and transvestites first. Then it's atheist and any non-Christian person. The Christian fascist are taking over. Arm yourselves

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 9 points 1 week ago

I would abuse the shit out of this.

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