From the we expected something like this files:
The EO says anti-Christian bias to be exterminated includes (i) denial of religious accommodations (e.g., for vaccines or religious holidays), (ii) mistreatment for refusing to participate in events or policies (such as those involving personal pronouns) that conflict with religious beliefs, (iii) opposition to displays or content in government spaces due to religious objections, and (iv) retaliation for exercising religious rights. The amount of that going on in the State Department? Probably little to very little.
Politico reports that djt and his thug MAGA enforcer Marco Rubio, nominally our Secy. of State (whatever the hell that means), is openly promoting bitter divisions and deep distrust in the State Department using Christianity as the weapon against everything else deemed objectionable:
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 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.
Note that various federal laws (and this) prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age (40 or older), genetic information (including family medical history), disability, and retaliation for reporting or opposing discrimination, or participating in an investigation.
Why are they sowing discord and hate?
So, should we expect a djt EO to report bias against people of a certain race, sex, national origin, members of a non-Christian religion, atheists etc.? Hell no. Why? That would be woke! MAGA elites hate DEI and they are gonna kill it as much as they can, as soon as they can. That is the start of hypernormalizing theocratic CN bigotry and racism.
But why is goon djt and thug Rubio doing this? djt isn't remotely close to Christian. Because CN (Christian nationalist) elites want to weaponize Christianity and put it above all other things, including all secular laws. CN elites** are open, not conspiratorial, about their intent to make America into a Christian theocracy. For example, they oppose secular education, church-state separation, pluralism, and civil liberties that God opposes (abortion, access to contraception, same-sex marriage, LGBQT rights, voting rights, etc.). They also want to force taxpayers to pay for religious institutions. All of that is documented fact, not opinion.
** From what I can tell, CN elites are openly theocratic, but most of the rank and file frame their goals as something like preserving "traditional Christian values", not imposing theocracy. There is a huge gulf in understanding between the elites and the R&F. The elites use dark free speech and demagoguery to keep their theocratic and kleptocratic intentions shrouded in confusion, disinformation, distrust and irrational fear and anger.
Also note that the EO focuses on bias, not discrimination. Bias is not illegal unless it rises to the level of discrimination. The distinction between lawful bias and illegal discrimination hinges on actionable harm, intent, and the context in which behaviors happen. Harassment or pervasive conduct that creates an abusive environment based on protected characteristics can amount to illegal discrimination. To be actionable, the behavior must be severe or pervasive (e.g., racial slurs, sexual advances). Isolated incidents or minor slights generally do not qualify.
Obviously, overt discrimination, e.g., racial slurs, is a lot easier to prove than expressions of bias. Bias is difficult and usually requires pattern evidence. Anyone with half an ounce of brain can avoid creating a pattern against a targeted person or group. Pattern evidence requires showing of thinks like (1) statistical disparities in promotions or discipline, or (2) inconsistent application of policies between protected and non-protected employees.
In other words, it is usually very hard to prove illegal discrimination. It is almost impossible to show that bias amounts to illegal discrimination. By implementing this policy, which one can expect to apply everywhere in the federal government, CN MAGA elites openly encourage and fully weaponize CN bigotry to go after people and groups that God hates and demands to be suppressed. There are going to be purges of innocents in the federal government and we are powerless to stop it. All a MAGA or CN adherent has to do, is make up examples of anti-Christian bias and anonymously submit them.
We all know where this is going. Straight to hell.
Q: How much more evidence of authoritarian elite CN theocratic intent and power would be needed to convince those with open minds that the CN wealth and power movement is a deadly serious threat to our democracy, secular law, pluralism and civil liberties?
(Nearly all of the closed-minded, CN-sympathetic crowd will never see a threat, no matter how much evidence there is -- they are trapped in MAGA's/CN's fake-reality world)
