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Marco Rubio's hunt for "#AntiChristian bias" is creeping #theocracy

In a new war on federal workers, State Department employees are told to snitch on people with #Pride flags

By Amanda Marcotte
Published April 15, 2025 6:00AM (EDT)

Excerpt: "Unsurprisingly, a deeper read of the cable shows that 'anti-Christian bias' is the cover story propped up to justify Rubio's actual assault on freedom of religion at State. He's giving Christian nationalists at the agency a tool to harass and even Rpurge people who don't share their #FarRight beliefs. The definitions of 'anti-Christian bias' throughout add up to outrage that conservative Christians are expected to treat people who believe differently with fairness and decency.

"For instance, the memo asks for reports of 'mistreatment for opposing displays of flags, banners or other paraphernalia,' specifically during Joe Biden's administration. It doesn't take a doctorate in bureaucratese to interpret this. Rubio is seeking stories where conservative Christians were told to mind their own business after objecting to a colleague putting up a #PrideFlag, a #BlackLivesMatter sign or perhaps a religious knickknack from a #NonChristian faith. This might be more comprehensible if, say, any Christians had being told they couldn't wear a cross or have a picture of Jesus on their desk. Instead, what Rubio is suggesting is that Christians have [the right to] prevent other people from having the freedom to express views and positions they dislike — and that it amounts to 'bias' if they can't control what others do or say. "

Read more:
salon.com/2025/04/15/marco-rub

Salon.com · Marco Rubio sets up a State Department snitch line for "anti-Christmas bias"Rubio wages new war on federal workers who reject theocracy
Progress pride flag granny shawl. Made up the pattern for this one myself (not that it's particularly involved) and after finishing it I got it into my head that I could sell them online. Then I tried to make a second one and realised that I get bored unless I'm doing something new so that didn't happen. 🤷🏻

#crochet #pride #prideflag #progressprideflag #fibrearts #crochetshawl #grannyshawl #grannysquare #queercrochet #queerartist #queermaker
Da ist man mal eine Woche in der #Werft und schon probt die #NieWiederCDU den Faschismus? Na bloß gut, dass man hier praktisch dagegen hält und unter anderem #FckMerz und #FckAfD + FckFDP ( #FckAfDP) den Mittelfinger zeigt!

#SafePassage #Seebrücke #LeaveNoOneToDie #LeaveNoOneBehind #SeaEye #SeaEye5 #SAR #MED #Shipyard #MontageAussichten #SilentSunday #Sunrise

Ps: Hier ist etwas Mangelware an Flaggenbestand! Falls wer eine #PrideFlag hat, würde sich die Crew über Geschenke freuen ;)
(send to:
Sea-Eye5
Porto Marina Cala Del Sole
Porto Turistico
Corso Umberto Argentina
92027 Licata - Italy)
#SpassMitFlaggen