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

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

And fucked us all without lube.

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

Ah shit here we go again

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

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

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 month 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 month ago

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

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

I would abuse the shit out of this.

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

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

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

Should report trump for being an Antichrist

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month 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."

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

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

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

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yea, that's all well and good.

That's not how Catholicism works.

I don't like Trump. Doesn't mean dick.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Christian is not the same as Catholic though. Catholics are a minority in the US.

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[–] MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

You have a point in here somewhere if we can just tease it out I’m curious

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

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

[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 111 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

Goddamn.

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

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

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

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think this person actually thinks Donna is a bitch though. Or is actually encouraging people to do that.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh Donna's sweet. This administration however - evil AF.

[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 90 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Fuck religion, brain dead morons

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

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

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[–] Goun@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'm an atheist, but I don't think we should hate on other people based on their religion, tbh. The problem is the institutions and persons that take advantage of people's faith.

People are free to believe whatever they want to believe, that's none of our business, imho; but.. to whoever exploits people's beliefs and vulnerabilities, fuck them worthless pieces of bloody shit to the infinity. Again, imho.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

It has limits though - people can believe whatever, but they still shouldn't harm others.

[–] dumbluck@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just embedding your linked image quick

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

There is no place for religious believes in a workplace or anwhere outside basically. You have a job to do that should be defined. Where does god come into this? If you believe god forbids to do xy on the job then the job is not for you. Just quit.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You know, I totally agree people are free to believe whatever they want and obviously I know and am friends with/family with people who are religious and I don't necessarily think poorly of them on an individual basis.

However, my belief on a personal level is religion is fucking stupid and an artifact of humans from a bygone age when we were significantly dumber, unintelligent, and didn't know anything about the world and universe. I hate religion and wish I could live long enough to see it die. It makes me so happy knowing that overall religious individuals, at least in the US, are declining year over year.

I'm aggressive about it here because this is the internet and those are my true feelings. But ya irl it would be pretty scummy to be so hostile and rude to someone based purely on their religious beliefs

[–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hear hear. People are trying to live their lives and grapple with the universe in a way that they can cope with. But the institutions themselves are evil, barbaric relics that belong in history books.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The institutions are shaped by people too. Hear hear, there are nice people and scumbags.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 16 points 1 month ago (6 children)

100%, I've made my distaste for religion clear but I'm honestly jealous of them sometimes. How nice would it be to truly believe there is a heaven or after life of some kind, that would be a nice feeling indeed.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m an atheist, but I don’t think we should hate on other people based on their religion, tbh. The problem is the institutions and persons that take advantage of people’s faith.

I'm not particularly anti-religious, but this is essentially the "not all men" argument in clerical robes.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry, maybe I did a bad job at explaining myself - I think all of the religious institutions are bad because they take advantage of the people, not just some of them. I just wanted to extend that to other non-religious ones that do the same.

If that's not what you meant, do you mind explaining why this is a "not all men" argument?

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 220 points 1 month ago (3 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".

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and you shall love him as yourself

Wait, does this mean I'll have to jack off strangers?

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[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

Well, they also don't like the natives, or themselves, so honestly good work keeping true to the book. 🙃

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (5 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.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I dunno about that, but there is a bit in there about burning bulls testicles to appease the lord god

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I tried that, it works every time. The only problem is getting the bull's testicles. They object to it surprisingly strongly. Quite challenging. The Good Book offers no warnings or advice about that part.

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[–] turdburglar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

so which part did jesus read then?

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Authors don't read their own books.

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

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

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

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

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how very constitutional

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
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