“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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[–] 23 points 1 year 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.

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    The problem is the institutions and persons that take advantage of people’s faith.

    This is the fundamental reason that religion is a problem in the first place though. Someone starts a religion based on what they believe, they get into a position of authority, and soon they're asking for more from their followers: more money, more resources, more women... Etc, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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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