White House Bible study comes under fire

[mia]

A weekly Bible study for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Cabinet secretaries is the subject of a new lawsuit after an atheist organization said the secretaries are coerced into participating in the Bible study.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the suit after the organizations asked for Freedom of Information Act requests to agencies led by Cabinet secretaries who attended the weekly Bible study.

HUD also refused to waive fees for the FOIA requests, saying the fees were needed because the records were not in the public interest or related to the department’s operations.

Capitol Ministries found Ralph Drollinger leads the weekly Bible study, which is attended by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Energy Secretary Ricky Perry....

http://www.timestelegram.com/news/20180126/religion-news-white-house-bible-study-comes-under-fire

[mr_lebowski]

1. Is Ralph one of Doug Coe's proteges I wonder (n/t)

[mia]

2. Seems likely that he would linked to 'The Family'.

Ralph Drollinger, the leader of the controversial, taxpayer funded, weekly Bible studies being held at the White House, and attended by top government officials, is making plans to aggressively expand conservative Christian efforts to proselytize to government officials at the federal and local levels, according to a recent report issued by Right Wing Watch....

Drollinger has variously proclaimed that Catholicism is “the world’s largest false religion,” that female legislators who continue working after having children are sinners, and that homosexuality is an “abomination.” He has also written that social welfare programs are un-Christian. “It is safe to say that God is a Capitalist,” Drollinger once wrote, “not a Communist.”

Drollinger teaches that God only hears the prayers of Christians, that Christians in government have an obligation to only hire other Christians, and that social welfare programs are un-Christian....

And the march towards a Christian theocracy continues.

Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/12/trump-cabinet-bible-study-leader-plans-christianize-government-officials/#vwyu4UDpiFCywD6x.99