State tells employees to report on one another for 'anti-Christian bias'

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

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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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.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535

[Skittles]

1. I'd report every fucking republican

for supporting a fascist POS who goes against EVERY "christian value"

[multigraincracker]

14. As Jesus said "You are forgiven, now go and sin no more".

[johnnyfins]

2. Rat on your coworkers.

Next it will be your neighbors, then friends then family. Wasnt there an example of this in the 1930s?

[ret5hd]

3. Don't have to go back that far:

STASI (east germany) didn’t fall till 1990.

[johnnyfins]

5. True. I stand corrected.

[OldBaldy1701E]

29. Don't have to go back at all.

Ever seen this?



I see them everywhere.

Remember this?



What's the difference?

[Moostache]

4. If you are in a government office that encouages this...

I would warn everyone that is married that if hey so much as LOOK at another person that is not their spouse, that I am reporting them for violation of their sacred vows and therefore they are anti-Christian and I am just not able to abide it any longer...

I would also warn anyone taking more than the alotted number of free sugar packets or creamer from the coffee bar that their theft is anti-Christian for me and they must immediately either undergo self-flagelating atonement or resign because they are biased against my deeply held personal Christian faith.

I would finally inform my bosses that their refusal to pass on the gifts of the spirit that the Lord has CLEARLY ordained for me via rasing my salary to $1M a month and including access to all government jets (up to and including Air Force One) is a massive anti-Christian behavior act and is oppressing me severely. I would settle for their jobs and a corner office, but anything less is an affront to the Lord...don't cha know???

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. But not anti-muslim bias. So this violates First Amendment. Further, it presumes such bias exists. . . nt

[rsdsharp]

26. I agree. It may also violate the prohibition against religious tests to hold office or public trust

found in Article VI.

[AZJonnie]

7. Lemme guess, if you say 'I'm not Christian', then this is 'anti-Christian bias' and you can be terminated

Anyone think that's what the Founders had in mind when they wrote the Establishment Clause?

[Zorro]

8. Welcome to Nazi America

[DENVERPOPS]

32. I knew he would get around

to forming his very own group of "BrownShirts" sooner rather than later.............

[Deuxcents]

9. No Trans, no Jews, no women, no Black or Brown or Asian people, no Muslims or people with different beliefs

He’s cleansing the military, the big law firms, schools and judges. Only his kind of people can get educated, hold jobs while the media has been distracted with shiny objects he’s put out there. Not even 100 days in and he’s got a stranglehold on this country with an administration happy to oblige

[Skittles]

15. it's a fascist dream come true

[slightlv]

20. It's definitely fitting right in with the

dominionists beliefs. They've wanted this for a long time... to only be "bettered" by outlawing any religion that's not Christian. Of course, what these people practice is so far from what I believe christianity is, and what Jesus taught by the blue underlined words in their bible, that it'd automatically put me on the retribution list.

Seriously, this is probably because the dominionists saw all the changes maga was getting, politically, and they wanted to make sure they weren't dumped and forgotten again. This is an evil step towards a theocracy.

[Biophilic]

10. Every day it just gets worse.

And so they begin with the Christian crusade and what follows that are the Christian wars. Those wars that anyone who doesn’t believe the same that you do is the enemy. Eventually the “enemy “ needs to be destroyed. Dear Gussie what are they starting? Cue Billy Jack and One Tin Soldier.
The people pushing this and pulling the strings to make it happen are truly depraved.

[erronis]

11. For reference, The Guardian's article

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/state-department-anti-christian-bias

[patphil]

12. If by Christian they mean the teachings of Jesus, then I'm reporting the entire far right Evangelical movement.

They don't have any regard for the actual teachings of Jesus.

[azureblue]

13. 'K Then!

Print out Matthew 25: 41 - 46, and add that these are the words of Christ, then report anyone who refuses to do what Christ teaches. Including the rich helping the less fortunate. IOW every friggin Repub in America.

So put this in an email, and say you are reporting Trump, Elon, etc, for being anti Christian. And ask them if they themselves are Christians

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

[flashman13]

16. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Stasi. The First Amendment is becoming rather tattered.

[CitizenZero]

17. Religion Should Not Be In Government At All

Religion is a private matter and should be kept out of the public sphere. If you bring Christianity into the Federal Government, this opens the door to bringing in all sorts of different beliefs and non beliefs. It is a violation of the Separation of Church and State, and is a threat to Freedom of Religion, as one religion or denomination can take hold and exclude other religions and denominations. Religion should remain a private matter for its own protection. Government must remain secular and neutral on the subject of religion. People are free to worship in their Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, Temples, etc. It is a private matter. Keep it out of the government.

[slightlv]

21. What I and my friends do in our bedrooms

is a private matter, too. But they sure love stomping into all of it, and making laws against it.

[twodogsbarking]

18. Like a train wreck, every hour of every day.

[Cha]

19. REPORT MUMP!!!

[Paper Roses]

22. It has been said before, Separation of Church and State:

This administration is hypocritical.
Trump does not follow the teachings but will punish anyone else who does not follow the chosen(by him)
religion.

[travelingthrulife]

38. Evangelicals and Project 2025 want that separation gone.

[krkaufman]

23. Of course, reporting any bias or discrimination against others ...

… must pass through a “Christian beliefs” filter, so any complaints of discrimination against the targets of modern Christian hate will be interpreted as anti-Christian.

[BurnDoubt]

24. Then, shouldn't MTG be stoned for Harlotry?...

Do they stone men for Rape?--- Asking for a friend.....

[BurnDoubt]

25. I wonder what the Dominionist Court...

will have to say about this?????????

[Ping Tung]

27. Man is the only animal to have found the The One True God.......several of them.

[OldBaldy1701E]

30. You remind me of this.

[tulipsandroses]

28. WTF does that even mean. The article referenced DEI. Well he's already gotten rid of DEI in Federal Govt

So what does this even mean?

[dobleremolque]

31. "Reports should be as detailed as possible, including names, dates, locations" ....

Office manager: "Now, Mary Frances .... why did you report Lurlene for anti-Christian activities? She's a good and faithful Penticostal Holiness churchgoer."
Mary Frances: "She said I was not a Christian, and gonna go to hell for believing that the Host transubstantiates into the Body and Blood of Christ when I attend Mass! Lurlene is the one who's not a Christian!"
Lurlene: "What do you mean I'm not a Christian? I'm overtaken daily by the Holy Spirit and witness in Tongues , in the lunch room and NOT on the clock when I am overtaken!"
Mary Frances: "You call chittering and blithering like a squirrel in heat, 'witness in Tongues'? How's that Christian in any way, shape or form? I bet you couldn't even get through one Hail Mary!"

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Aaaaaaaaaand scene. To be repeated many, many times.

[pansypoo53219]

33. can you say stasi?

[William769]

34. Boy does this sound familiar.

[COL Mustard]

35. American STASI

The East Germans used to do this. It turned people against each other. Didn’t work out so well in the end. I don’t think this will either.

[mdbl]

36. Another solution looking to create problems

I have never seen anti-religious bias in the government - there isn't supposed to be anything to do with religion at all. Government is supposed to be secular and non-interfering with law abiding citizens. This is just another excuse to let religious zealots either infringe on everyone else or break the law with impunity.

[mdbl]

37. It will be anti-christian bias if they report christian pedophiles.

Or any crime by a christian

[lark]

39. This is what I think comes next.

Hitler formed youth groups all over Germany, who wore brown shirts and who were "supposed" to spy on their parents and other adults. They recommended crouching under an open window and reporting any anti-German, anti-Nazi party or Pro-Jew talk and the people informed on would be arrested immediately! They were later given quotas they had to fill to stay part of the party and most met their goals. My ex MIL was German who was 9 years old during WW2 and she told me many tales of horror.

[azureblue]

40. one more point

The Bible clearly says "Do Not Lie". So a liar is anti Christian. Damn, we'll be a whole month just listing Republican liars to report..

[Martin68]

41. Does merely being Jewish, Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist mean you are "anti-Christian?"

[yardwork]

45. That's the idea. And being atheist is right out.

[BadGimp]

42. WCPGW: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

eom

[muriel_volestrangler]

43. Well, I certainly didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition ... (nt)

[yardwork]

44. Wow.

[Deminpenn]

46. Give bearucrats some credit

There will be plenty of diming out cultists while others do it because they hold a grudge against a co-worker of boss.