“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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    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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    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”.

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      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.

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

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          Imagine being a supreme being, creator or the entire universe and everything in it, all life, the fusion in the stars, supermassive black holes sucking matter into them, dust clouds across the cosmos, and yet still for some reason being impressed by someone burning bovine gonads.

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            Musk has how much money and influence, but rages when people say a mean thing online. I see God as no different.

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    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

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    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.

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    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.

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    Right. Rules for thee but not for me.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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