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"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.
The document says the task force, which was established by the executive order,
will meet around April 22 to discuss its initial findings.
The cable encourages State Department employees to report on one another
through a tip form that can be anonymous. “Reports should be as detailed as
possible, including names, dates, locations (e.g. post or domestic office where
the incident occurred,” the cable reads.
Some State Department officials reacted to the cable with shock and alarm,
saying that even if well-intentioned, it is based on the flawed premise that
the department harbors anti-Christian bias to begin with, and warning it could
create a culture of fear as the administration pushes employees to report on
one another.
“It’s very
Handmaid’s Tale-esque,” said one State Department official, who
was granted anonymity because the individual was not allowed to speak openly
about internal department affairs."
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