Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins violated the US Constitution when she sent her workforce a series of proselytizing Christian messages, a new lawsuit alleges.
US Department of Agriculture employees and the union representing the agency’s workers sued Rollins Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing her of engaging in an escalating pattern of sectarian sermonizing that reached a crescendo on the Easter holiday.
“Today we celebrate the greatest story ever told, the foundation of our faith, and the abiding hope of all mankind,” Rollins said in her April 5 email addressed to all USDA employees. “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.”
The workers and the National Federation of Federal Employees alleged that Rollin’s sermonizing violates the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, and are seeking an order declaring the proselytizing messages illegal and blocking further communications of that type.
“While we do not comment on pending litigation, we will keep the plaintiffs in our prayers during this process,” USDA spokesperson Michael Abboud said.
The lawsuit is an attempt to counter the Trump administration’s promotion of Christianity that critics view as crossing the line separating church and state.
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