Trump memo sparks fury as it orders public workers to ‘pray’ | US | News
The new directives announced by the second Donald Trump administration continued to adopt religious expression within the Trump government, while the alarm among the organizations advocating the division of church and state.
The new directives published by the Personnel Management Office on Monday will allow public officials to pray for religious prayers and explicitly discussing, including “persuading others to the accuracy of their religious views”, while prohibit the approval of any belief.
The authority will also allow supervisors to encourage employees to participate in the expressions of belief, including prayer. “Federal employees should never have to choose between their beliefs and careers,” Scott Kupor said. He said.
“This guidance makes the federal workplace not only compliance with the law, but to be invited to Americans of all beliefs.” “Under the leadership of President Trump, we restore constitutional freedoms and make the government a place where faithful people are respected.”
A stunning similarity to a memorandum published in 1997 during the Clinton administration. “The following instructions on religious exercise and religious expression will be applied to all civilian executive branches agencies, authorities and employees.” Reflect us.
“These guidelines deals with the religious exercise and religious expression of the employees when they act in their personal capacity in the federal workplace and they are not regularly exposed to the public workplace.” “The guidelines do not consider whether the government and employees have entered the religious conversation for the public and whether they can participate.”
Despite the similarities, many advocates expressed their concerns about the potential erosion of distinction between the churches and the state.
Mikey Weinstein, the president and founder of the Freedom of Freedom of Freedom of the Freedom of the Military Religion, expressed a sharp warning: “If your supervisor clearly states that he is important for him, that he accepts this armed version of Jesus Christ’s good news, what you think is for progress?”
Weinstein argues that the note contradicts the constitution and workers’ rights and is not alone in their concerns.
A critic in a cynical way, “What can he go wrong? He doesn’t think of anything again” and questioned, “This includes fundamentalist Muslims, Jews, atheists, Rastafarians?”
Another, drawing attention to wider influences for religious freedom, “ignores the rights of people from other religions. A ‘note’ is not a change of law – this is not even an executive order” and questioned, “So what’s up?”
Andrew Walker, the assistant of the Southern Baptist Theology Seminar, expressed his support for Trump’s last policy and claimed that he only “reset” the rules. “I have no problem with this,” he confirmed.
Walker, “In my opinion, if you do not go into harassing behavior, it confirms the first change with appropriate warnings.” “I think this only reiterates the basic principles of the first change.”
Trump’s administration continues to intertwine with religious politics, as proved by its recent actions. Shortly after his second period, Trump launched his White House Faith Office, which was assigned by the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and authorized to define and report the anti -Christian prejudice faced by employees.
