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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago

Fellas, is this DEI?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

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).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 59 minutes ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 15 hours ago

Right. Rules for thee but not for me.

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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago

Christian Nationalists leading the downfall

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

And fucked us all without lube.

[–] [email protected] 207 points 1 day 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".

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (7 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Man, these guys would love Islam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I can hear it now

NOOOOOOO ALLAH BAD NO SUCH THING AS ALLAH NOOOOOOO

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Big Skydaddy loves him some mountain oysters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

I understood that reference! 👌

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Protip: Remove them from the bull before burning them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

the bull might not like that either though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's a good tip, I'll give that a try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No the testicles are on the other end.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I'm confused, Ive been kicked in the head a few times, as you can imagine.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 day 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

[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Goddamn.

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

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 hours ago

i'm ready to purge every single fucking christian from this country. scorched earth. dgaf if you're one of the 'good ones'. ACAB.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 day ago (19 children)

Fuck religion, brain dead morons

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours 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

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

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

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