The employees of the State Department, urged to report anti-Christian prejudices in their ranks
The Trump administration ordered the employees of the State Department to report any cases in which the work colleagues have expressed “anti -Christian prejudices”, as part of the effort to implement a comprehensive executive order regarding the support of Christian religion employees, Politico reports.
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The department will collaborate with a working group at the administration level to gather information related to the manifestation of “anti -religious prejudices during the last presidential administration” and will register incidents “Anti-Christian prejudices” by means of forms that can be submitted anonymously.
The directive was sent to embassies from all over the world under the signature of US Secretary Marco Rubio. The instructions were also distributed in a notification at the level of the entire department.
According to the document, the working group, established by the Executive Order, will meet around April 22 to discuss the first conclusions.
The Directive encourages the employees of the State Department to relate to each other through a referral form that can be completed anonymously. “The reports should be as detailed as possible, including names, data, locations (for example, the national post or office where the incident took place)”is shown in the document.
Some officials of the State Department have had shock and panic reactions, noting that, even if the initiative is well-intentioned, it starts from the defective premise that the department has anti-Christian prejudices. They warn that the disposition could create a culture of fear as the administration pushes the employees to denounce each other.
“It is detached from” the story of the servant “” “said an official of the State Department subject to anonymity.
According to the Department's Instructions, the cases of anti -resorted prejudices reported in this way will be collected to meet the provisions of the executive order. At the same time, the department will collect cases of anti -religious prejudices of all forms for its internal purposes.
“Although the executive order focuses on the anti-Christian prejudices, the discrimination of any person based on his religious beliefs is discriminatory and contrary.” and federal laws, are shown in notification.
A spokesman for the State Department did not respond immediately to the request for comments of Polito.
The Executive Order issued by Trump in February is charging all federal agencies to eliminate the “anti-Christian prejudices” in the Government.
The inter -denominational alliance, an NGO with left orientation, condemned the executive order at the time, arguing that “This effort apparently addresses certain forms of stigma against Christians, especially against Catholics. In reality, it will use a narrow interpretation of religious freedom to legitimize discrimination against marginalized groups, such as the LGBTQ community.”.
Donald Trump signed an executive order to the “anti -Christian prejudices” in the federal government in early February, demanding a review of policies trying to limit religious activities and activism.
He appointed Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, to run a working group within the Department of Justice, which will coordinate this approach “It will follow the violence and anti -Christian vandalism in our society” and “will move the sky and the land to defend the rights of religious Christians and believers throughout the country. ”
The executive order is meant to reverse what calls a “Flagrant model of viewing of peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti -Christian offenses ” during the Biden's term.
The executive order mentioned the convictions of the anti-abortion demonstrators to block the access to the abortion clinics.
