Questions for Rubio About Christianity

Easy questions, I promise.

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This afternoon, Robbie Gramer and Nahal Toosi of POLITICO reported on an internal State Department cable—sent by Secretary Marco Rubio to American embassies around the world—that announced an investigation into “anti-religious” bias during the Biden Administration and encouraged current agency employees to anonymously submit reports of “anti-Christian bias” they witness.

Being a Christian myself, I found this quite curious because it would seem to me that glaring and pertinent examples of anti-Christian bias in the workplace would be criticism of Christ’s teachings.

To that end, I have twenty questions for Mr. Rubio, and I encourage all reporters covering him and the State Department to be candid in seeking clarification on what constitutes “anti-Christian bias” under his new policy:

1. What does Christ teach about the difficulty for the rich to enter Heaven, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

2. What does Christ teach about responding to evil, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

3. Does Christ teach anything about loving one’s enemies, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

4. What does Christ teach about performing religious acts in public versus private, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

5. What does Christ teach about judging others, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

6. What does Christ teach about doing unto others what you wish they would do unto you, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

7. What does Christ teach about how one should treat strangers and foreigners, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

8. What does Christ state in the second half of the instruction “be wise as serpents and [fill in the blank],” and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

9. What does Christ teach about caring for the welfare of all children, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

10. What does Christ teach about covetousness and one’s possessions, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

11. What does Christ teach about forgiveness, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

12. What does Christ teach about honoring one’s own marriage, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

13. What does Christ teach about whom should be invited to a banquet one hosts, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

14. What does Christ teach about loving the Lord (and by extension, the Lord’s commandments), and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

15. What does Christ teach about loving one’s neighbor, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

16. What does Christ teach about false prophets, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

17. What does Christ teach about temptation, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

18. What does Christ teach about the Good Samaritan, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

19. What does Christ teach about humility, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

20. What does Christ teach about who comes before God, and does the State Department endorse Christ’s teaching on this matter?

I believe good faith answers to these simple questions will provide needed clarification on what it means for someone to express an “anti-Christian” view while in the employ of the State Department, and I look forward to Mr. Rubio’s responses.

If he wishes to have this conversation, then let’s actually have it.

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