WASHINGTON — As the government pressures federal employees to report colleagues who act in a discriminatory manner, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sponsored the first meeting of a "anti-Christian bias" task force on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump, who counts evangelicals among his most ardent supporters, felt compelled to sign an Executive Order establishing the task group to combat "persecution" of the faithful despite the fact that the United States has the greatest Christian population in the world.
Trump has always positioned himself as a supporter of right-wing Christians, even in the face of two divorces, a criminal conviction for hush money payments in a porn star scandal, and numerous accusations of sexual assault.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are among the members of his cabinet who have ties to Christian nationalists.
Government workers have been asked to provide incidents of anti-Christian bias they have noticed at work, along with the dates, locations, and names of those involved, according to documents obtained by AFP.
In a Tuesday email, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins requested that employees notify the department of any "unofficial understandings antagonistic to Christian viewpoints, or informal rules, processes."
Politico said officials were alarmed that the action may foster a culture of fear after receiving a similar message earlier this month from State Department employees.
According to Bondi, the task force will collaborate with state-level bureaucrats and religious institutions to find and "correct" federal violations.
About two-thirds of Americans identify as Christians, making them the largest religious majority in the nation. They also hold more political clout than any other group.
Attacks on churches pale in comparison to the data for synagogues, where occurrences have been on the rise, demonstrating the FBI's anti-Christian prejudice.
The liberal lobby group Interfaith Alliance, based in Washington, has denounced Trump's emphasis on anti-Christian prejudice, claiming that the task force would assist groups trying to get around anti-discrimination legislation.
Following Trump's creation of the task group, the statement continued, "There is no evidence of widespread anti-Christian bias in the United States and promoting this lie is extremely disrespectful to the true Christian persecution that exists in other nations across the world."
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