A new memo surfaced explaining how federal workers can now wear religious items like crucifixes or talk about their faith during breaks.
By Catholics for Catholics
Federal agencies must now safeguard religious expression in the workplace, according to a memo attained by Fox News.
Federal employees can, among other religious expressions, now wear crucifixes at work or say the rosary during their breaks, according to the memo. Fox News describes it as one of the most sweeping moves in decades “to defend faith and freedoms in the civil service.”
On Monday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent guidance to federal agencies across the Trump administration, explaining the new conditions.
The environments across the federal workforce will now guarantee federal workers can show Bibles, crucifixes, or mezuzahs on their desks; pray in groups while off-duty; invite colleagues to church; and speak about their religious beliefs, even to the public, without fear of reprisal, according to the memo.
Titled “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace,” the memo was sent to agencies by Scott Kupor, OPM Director on Monday. It was obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital. “Federal employees should never have to choose between their faith and their career,” Kupor told Fox News Digital. “This guidance ensures the federal workplace is not just compliant with the law but welcoming to Americans of all faiths.”
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“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are restoring constitutional freedoms and making government a place where people of faith are respected, not sidelined,” Kupor added.
In addition, Kupor explained that the federal workforce “should be a welcoming place for Federal employees who practice a religious faith.”
“Allowing religious discrimination in the Federal workplace violates the law. It also threatens to adversely impact recruitment and retention of highly-qualified employees of faith,” the memo states. “The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution robustly protects expressions of religious faith by all Americans—including Federal employees.”
Kupor details examples of religious expressions that are permissible—including employees keeping Bibles on their desk and reading it during breaks; keeping rosary beads or tefillin on their desks, and using those items to pray during breaks.
Still, federal agencies “may restrict all posters, but an agency may not single out religious posters, such as those of a crucifix, a Bible verse, or a Star of David, for harsher treatment,” Kupor wrote. “An employee may wear a cross, as well as clothing displaying a religious message.”
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