Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has been speaking openly about the Christian faith — and some secularists do not like it.
A lawsuit filed on May 13 by groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State on behalf of multiple USDA employees claimed that Rollins’ pattern of “proselytizing Christian messaging” violates the First Amendment.
The complaint whined about messages like an email sent to all USDA employees on April 5 — which was Easter Sunday.
“He is risen indeed!” the message said, per a report from The Christian Post.
“From the foot of the Cross on Good Friday to the stone rolled away from the now empty tomb, sin has been destroyed. Jesus has been raised from the dead,” Rollins wrote.
“And so like the very first disciples to encounter our risen Lord in the Upper Room almost two thousand years ago, this Easter let us too be alive with hope, full of Paschal joy, and confident in the mission each of us has been called for,” it added.
The email made no demands of USDA employees to become Christians or otherwise tried to link the Easter holiday to their roles and responsibilities.
Rollins reacted to the lawsuit on social media, indicating that she does not regret sending the communications.
“It’s just another opportunity to remind everyone: He is Risen,” she wrote.
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